Berkeley Paget Explained

Berkeley Paget
Office1:Member of Parliament for Milborne Port
Term1:1820 - 1826
Office2:Member of Parliament for Anglesey
Term2:1807 - 1820
Birth Date:2 January 1780
Children:7, including Frederick
Father:Henry Paget
Relatives:Henry Paget (brother)
Arthur Paget (brother)
Edward Paget (brother)
Charles Paget (brother)
William Paget (brother)

The Honourable Berkeley Thomas Paget (2 January 1780 – 26 October 1842) was a British politician.

Background

Paget was the sixth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and Jane, daughter of the Very Reverend Arthur Champagné. He was the younger brother of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey; Sir Arthur Paget; Sir Edward Paget; and Sir Charles Paget.[1]

Political career

Paget succeeded his elder brother Sir Arthur Paget as Member of Parliament for Anglesey in 1807.[2] In 1810 he was appointed a lord of the treasury by Spencer Perceval, a post he retained when Lord Liverpool became prime minister in 1812 after Perceval's assassination. In 1820 he became Member of Parliament for Milborne Port, succeeding another brother, Sir Edward Paget.[3] He continued to represent this constituency and remained a lord of the treasury until in 1826.

Death

Paget died on 28 October 1842, aged 62, at Hampton Court Palace. He left his property to his wife.[4]

Family

Berkeley married in 1804 Sophia, daughter of the Hon. William Bucknall (earlier William Grimston, MP) and Sophia Hoare, and granddaughter of James Grimston, 2nd Viscount Grimston. She survived him by 17 years, and died in February 1859. They had four sons and three daughters.[1] [4] [5] The children were:

Notes and References

  1. http://thepeerage.com/p2785.htm#i27850 thepeerage.com Hon. Berkeley Thomas Paget
  2. Web site: leighrayment.com House of Commons: Andover to Armagh South . 10 December 2009 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20181020203450/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Acommons2.htm . 20 October 2018 .
  3. Web site: leighrayment.com House of Commons: Mayo to Minehead . 10 December 2009 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231437/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Mcommons2.htm . 10 August 2009 .
  4. Web site: Paget, Hon. Berkeley Thomas (1780–1842), of 15 Portman Street, Mdx., History of Parliament Online. 4 June 2017.
  5. Web site: Grimston, Hon. William (1750–1814), History of Parliament Online. 4 June 2017.
  6. Book: The Gentleman's Magazine. 1843. W. Pickering. 425.
  7. Web site: Kindred Britain, Hon. Berkeley Thomas Paget. Stanford University. 4 June 2017.
  8. Book: Lodge, Edmund. The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing. 4 June 2017. 1873. Hurst and Blackett, limited. 17.