Admiral Lord Clarence Edward Paget GCB PC (17 June 1811 – 22 March 1895) was a British naval officer, politician, and sculptor.
Lord Clarence Paget | |
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.jpg) Lord Clarence Paget, by Carlo Pellegrini, 1875 | |
| Born | 17 June 1811 |
| Died | 22 March 1895 (aged 83) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1827–1876 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | HMS Pearl HMS Howe HMS Aigle HMS Princess Royal Mediterranean Fleet |
| Battles / wars | Greek War of Independence Crimean War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Naval career
editBorn the younger son of the 1st Marquess of Anglesey, Paget in 1827 like many younger sons of nobility entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman on the second-rate ship-of-the-line HMS Asia and took part in the Battle of Navarino in 1827.[1] Promoted to commander in 1834, he took charge of HMS Pearl and, promoted to captain in 1839, he commanded the first-rate ship-of-the-line HMS Howe and then the fifth-rate frigate HMS Aigle.[1]
Paget attempted to enter Parliament as a Liberal for Southampton in 1837, but was returned as a member for Sandwich in 1847, retaining the seat until July 1852.[1]
Paget served as secretary to the Master-General of the Ordnance from 1846 to 1853.[1] He commanded the second-rate ship-of-the-line HMS Princess Royal in the expedition to the Baltic in 1854 during the Crimean War (1854–1856).[1] Again Member of Parliament for Southampton from March 1857, he was appointed Secretary to the Admiralty in June 1859 but accepted the Chiltern Hundreds (i.e., resigned) in March 1866.[1] He was promoted to vice admiral in 1865 and was Commander-in Chief, Mediterranean Fleet from 1866 to 1869.[1]
Paget retired in 1876. He died in 1895 at the age of 83.[1]
Family
editIn 1852 Paget married Martha Stuart, the youngest daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway, Bt.[1]
References
editFurther reading
edit- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.