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Sir Ernest Paget, 1st Baronet
Sir Ernest Paget, late 19th century
Born	George Ernest Paget (1841-11-10)10 November 1841 Sutton Bonnington, Nottinghamshire
Died	30 December 1923(1923-12-30) (aged 82) Sutton Bonnington, Nottinghamshire
Education	Harrow School
Occupation(s)	civil engineer and railway executive
Spouse	Sophia Holden ​ (m. 1864)​
Children	Cecil Paget

Sir George Ernest Paget, 1st Baronet JP DL (10 November 1841 – 30 December 1923) was an English civil engineer, railway executive, and racehorse owner. He was chairman of Midland Railway from 1890 to 1911.

Early life and education

Paget was born in 1841 at Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, the sole surviving son of George Byng Paget, a landholder and farmer from Loughborough, and Sophia Mary Tebbut, the daughter of William Tebbutt of Kingston on Soar. His family were landed gentry in Leicester and Nottinghamshire, a branch of the Pagets of Ibstock, Humberstone, and Oxendon. He was baptised Presbyterian. He had one sister, Eliza, who married the architect Henry Darbishire.

He was educated at Harrow.

Career

Sir Ernest was created a Baronet, of Sutton Bonington in the County of Nottingham, on 25 September 1897, in recognition of achievements of Midland Railway during the reign of Queen Victoria. improvement of accommodation for third-class passengers, in which Midland were pioneers.

From Harrow he joined the 7th Hussars in 1860, transferred to the Royal Horse Guards in 1801, and retired in 1867, becoming afterwvards lieutenant-colonel of the Leicestershire Yeo- manry. In 1870 he became a director of the Midland Ral1way, and, baving been vice- chairman for many years, flled the office of chairman for 21 years, from 1890 to 1911; he was aJso vice-chairman of Millares Karri and Jarrah Forests. He was created a baronet in September, 1897. Sir Ernest was also active in county business; he was High Sheriff of Notts in 1898, for 30 years chairman of the County Joint Comnittee, and a former chairman of the Notts Quarter Sessions.

Horse racing

For many years Sir Ernest had horses in training at Newmarket with P. P. Gilpin, and more recently with College Leader. His best horses in recent years were Paragon, with whom he won the Jubilee in 1921, the Duke of York Stakes in 1921,and the Cityand Suburban in 1922; Re-Echo, who Won the Cambridgeshire in 1922 and the Woodcote Stakes in 1921; and Cornsack, who won the City and Suburban in 1920. Sir Ernest was elected a member of the Jockey Club in 1884, and was one of the senior members of the Club. His colours were black, Fzench grey sleeves, and red cap.

Personal life

On 10 November 1864, he married Sophia Holden (died 1913), daughter of Col. Charles Holden. They had three children:

• Hylda Sophia Paget (20 March 1866 – 31 March 1959), married in 1902, Lt.-Col. William Arthur Tilney, and mother of Brig. Robert Tilney
• Capt. George Leigh Paget (16 July 1871 – 10 October 1900), killed in action in the Boer War
• Lt.-Col. Cecil Walter Paget (1874–1936), married firstly in 1906 Lady Alexandra Louisa Godolphin Osbourne (divorced 1925), daughter of 9th Duke of Leeds; married secondly in 1927, Florence Butt, daughter of James Butt

26 Sept. 1897. Arms—Sa., a cross engrailed between in the 1st and 4th quarters an escallop erg. Crest—A lion rampant as., collared of supporting an antique shield arg., charged with an escallop so. Motto—Espere et persevere. Seats —Sutton Boningcnn, Loughborough ; King's Newton, Derby. Clubs--Boodle's ; Carlton.

Lady Paget died in 6 May 1913.

He died at the end of 1923 at Sutton Bonington, aged 82. He died the day after George Child Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey, another senior member of the Jockey Club.

His second son, Cecil, inherited the baronetcy. He was a noted locomotive engineer and railway administrator. The title became extinct on his death in 1936 without an heir.

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