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850 paid off in the early part of 1835, in command of the 28, in South America, and from 24 Feb. 1837 until superseded in June, 1839, as Flag-Captain, in the  120, to Sir Robt. Waller Otway, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore.

Capt. Paget married, first, in 1836, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Annals; and secondly, 20 Jan. 1840, Emily Caroline, daughter of Henry M‘Clintock, Esq., Collector of the Customs at the port of Dundalk, and sister of  – Messrs. Stilwell.

 PAGET, Lord, M.P.

, born 17 June, 1811, is eldest son of Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.B., by his second wife. Lady Charlotte Cadogan, sister of Rear-Admiral Earl Cadogan, C.B. He is brother of Lord Alfred Henry Paget, M.P. for Lichfield, and of Lord Geo. Augustus Fred. Paget, both officers in the army; half-brother of ; and brother-in-law of Viscount Sydney and the Earl of Sandwich.

This officer entered the Navy 29 May, 1823; served as Midshipman of the 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827; passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his first commission 14 May, 1831. His succeeding appointments were – 11 Aug. 1831, to the 76, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Baker in South America – 27 Feb. 1832, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the 120, Capt. Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, stationed off Lisbon, whence he returned in the early part of 1833 – and, 7 June, 1834, to the  52, Capt. Edw. Sparshott, fitting at Chatham. Being advanced to the rank of Commander 25 Sept. in the year last mentioned, he obtained command, 17 Jan.- 1837, of the 20, on the North America and West India station. He paid that vessel off within a short period of his elevation to Post-rank, which took place 26 March, 1839; and he was next appointed – 26 June following, to the 120, flagship of Sir Robt. Waller Otway at the Nore, where he remained until July, 1840 – and, 23 Aug. 1841, to the 24, fitting for the Mediterranean. He returned to England in the summer of 1845, and has since been on half-pay.

In July, 1846, his Lordship was appointed Secretary to the Board of Ordnance; and in 1847 he was returned to Parliament as Member for Sandwich. – Hallett and Robinson.

 PAGET. 

entered the Navy, 4 March, 1800, as A.B., on board the sloop, Capt. Geo. Miller, under whom we find him in the course of the following year employed as Midshipman and Master’s Mate in the operations against the French in Egypt. Quitting the in Oct. 1801, he served during the next five years, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, in the  32, Capts. Chas. Ogle and Wm. Hoste, 50, Capts. Thos. Laroom and Hugh Downman, 38, Capt. Chas. Ogle, and 98, Capt. Wm. Lechmere. Being appointed, on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 20 Dec. 1806, to the sloop, Capt. Wm. Taylor, he sailed in that vessel for the Rio de la Plata. He invalided home in July, 1807; and was next, between Nov. 1808 and Feb. 1809, employed under Capt. John Surman Garden in the 110. During that period he assisted ia embarking the army after the battle of Corunna. From the date last mentioned Lieut. Paget did not again go afloat until nominated, 22 Jan. 1828, First of the 10, Capt. Chas. Rich, on the West India station. On 11 Jan. 1829 he was removed to the, receiving-ship at Jamaica, of which vessel, it appears, he retained command from 19 Dec. 1831 until May, 1839. He was re-appointed to her 24 Feb. 1842; and on 26 of the following July was transferred to the, also a receiving-ship. He has been on half-pay since 1843. His present commission bears date 1 April, 1837.

Commander Paget married, 15 Sept. 1834, at St. Ann’s, Jamaica, Anna, daughter of Jas. Lawrence Hilton, Esq. – Messrs. StilwelL

 PAGET, Lord. 

, born 1 March, 1803, is second son of Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.B., by his first wife, Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of George, fourth Earl of Jersey. His Lordship is half-brother of ; brother-in-law of the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis Conyngham, and the Lords Crofton and Templemore; and nephew of Capt. Hon. Wm. Paget, R.N., who died in 1795 – of Hon. Sir Edw. Paget, G.C.B., a General Officer in the army and Colonel of the 28th Regt. of Foot – of the late Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, Kt., G.C.H. – of the Earls of Galloway and Enniskillen – and of the late Lord Graves. He is also connected with the noble houses of Argyll, Westmoreland, Dartmouth, Ormonde, Guillamore, and Essex.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1817, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 50, Capts. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, Hon. Anthony Maitland, and Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, employed at first in the Mediterranean and then on the Home station, where, and in the West Indies, he served from 26 April, 1821, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 18 April, 1823, as Midshipman in the 42, Capt. Thos. Graham, yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, 46, Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu, and, of similar force, Capt. Andrew King. His next appointments were, to the 42, Capt. Thos. Brown, 46, Capt. Henry Prescott,  18, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, and 76, Capt. Gordon Thos. , all in South America, on which station he was made Commander, 20 April, 1825, into his former ship the. He removed, 23 Dec. following, to the 10, fitting for the Mediterranean; and on 18 Oct. 1826 was advanced to Post-rank. His succeeding appointments were – 6 Nov. 1827, to the yacht, lying at Dublin, where he remained until Feb. 1829 – 12 Dec. 1828, to the  28, in which vessel he returned to the West Indies – 18 May, 1831, to the  52, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, Commander-in-Chief on the North America and West India station – and, 24 Sept. 1832, again to the, which ship he brought home and paid off in the summer of 1833. He has not been since employed.

Lord Wm. Paget sat in Parliament for the borough of Andover from 1841 until 1846. He married, 22 Jan. 1827, Frances, only daughter of Lieut.-General Francis, Baron de Rottenburg, by whom he has issue three children.

 PAIN. 

entered the Navy, 4 June, 1803, as Midshipman, on board the bomb, Capt. Daniel M‘Leod; and while in that vessel was frequently in action with the enemy’s gun-boats and batteries in the neighbourhood of Boulogne, was, engaged in an attempt to sink two stone-ships at the entrance of the harbour at that place, and united in the bombardment of Granville. After a servitude of nine months in the 64, commanded in the Downs by Capts. Fras. Pickmore and Henry Inman, he joined, in April, 1805, the 32, Capt. Micajah Malbon, with whom he continued actively employed in the  50, at first off Boulogne, and then on the West India station, until Oct. 1808. In May and June of the latter year we find him acting as Prize-Master of the Spanish schooners Gallina and Magdalena. On quitting the he became in succession attached to the  74, Capt. Fras.