Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey

The Marquess of Anglesey
File:Rex Whistler - Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey 1937.jpg Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey by Rex Whistler (1937)
Born	(1885-04-14)14 April 1885
Died
Alma mater	Eton College Royal Military College Sandhurst
Title	Marquess of Anglesey
Term	14 March 1905 – 21 February 1947
Spouse(s)	Lady Victoria Manners
Children	Lady Caroline Duff Lady Elizabeth von Hofmannsthal Lady Mary Paget Lady Rose McLaren George Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey Lady Katharine Farrel
Parent(s)	Lord Alexander Paget

Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey Bt, GCVO, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (14 April 1885 – 21 February 1947) was a British peer.

Paget was born in 1885, the son of Lord Alexander Paget, and was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In 1905 he succeeded as Marquess of Anglesey on the demise of his childless cousin, the 5th Marquess. He was Mayor of Burton upon Trent in 1911. During the First World War, he served with the Royal Horse Guards as aide-de-camp to the General Officer Commanding in Egypt in 1915 (for which he was decorated with the Order of the Nile), and later as Assistant Military Secretary to the General Officer Commanding in Ireland in 1916. He served in the Home Guard in World War II.

On 3 August 1912, he married Lady Victoria Marjorie Manners, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland, and they had six children:

• Lady Alexandra Mary Cecilia Caroline Paget (15 June 1913–, married Sir Michael Duff, 3rd Baronet
• Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary Paget (1916-1980), married Raimund von Hofmannsthal
• Lady Mary Patricia Beatrice Rose Paget (19 January 1918–, died unmarried
• Lady Rose Mary Primrose Paget (27 July 1919–, married Hon. John Francis McLaren
• George Charles Henry Victor Paget, Earl of Uxbridge (afterwards 7th Marquess) (8 October 1922–)
• Lady Katharine Mary Veronica Paget (b. (1922-10-08) 8 October 1922 , married (1) Jocelyn Eustace Gurney, (2) Charles Farrell

After World War I he was Lord Chamberlain to Queen Mary from 1922 until his death in 1947.

He commissioned the artist Rex Whistler to undertake a decorative mural scheme for the family seat at Plas Newydd. The trompe l'oeil paintings and murals and a permanent exhibition of Whistler memorabilia are now one of the major attractions at the property.

• Lady Marjorie Manners.jpg

  Paget's wife, Lady Victoria Marjorie Harriet Manners 1912

• British headquarters staff Egypt 1915.jpg

  From left to right, Prince Alexander of Battenberg, the Marquess of Anglesey and Sir John Maxwell at the latter's headquarters in Cairo, early 1915. Photo from The War Illustrated, 29 May 1915.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey

Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley	Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey 1942–1947	Succeeded by Sir Richard Williams Bulkeley
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Paget	Marquess of Anglesey 1905–1947	Succeeded by Henry Paget