Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

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Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, was a prominent British cavalry commander and statesman best known for leading the Allied cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo and later serving as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer
cavalry commander
human
nobleman
statesman
allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight of the Garter
birthDate 1768-05-17
birthPlace London
linked to: London, England

Westminster
linked to: City of Westminster
burialPlace Lichfield Cathedral
causeOfDeath natural causes
child Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey
conflict French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
Waterloo Campaign
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
deathDate 1854-04-29
deathPlace London
linked to: London, England

Uxbridge House
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Westminster School
familyName Paget
father Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge
givenName Henry
honorificPrefix The Most Honourable
memberOf House of Commons of Great Britain
House of Lords of the United Kingdom
linked to: House of Lords
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank general
mother Jane Champagné
nobleTitle Earl of Uxbridge
Marquess of Anglesey
notableEvent Battle of Waterloo
notableFact lost a leg at the Battle of Waterloo
notableWork command of Allied cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo
parliamentaryConstituency Caernarvon
linked to: Caernarfon, Gwynedd

Milborne Port
Montgomeryshire
positionHeld Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Lord of the Admiralty
Master-General of the Ordnance
Member of Parliament
spouse Lady Caroline Villiers
Lady Charlotte Cadogan

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Board of Ordnance notableOfficeHolder Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey child Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey
linked to: Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
Henry, Lord Paget nobleTitle 1st Marquess of Anglesey
linked to: Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
Henry, Lord Paget titleAfter 1st Marquess of Anglesey
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