A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Paget, William
PAGET, Lord. (Capt., 1826. f-p., 16; h-p., 14.)
The Right Honourable Lord William Paget, 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 Lord Clarence Edw. Paget, Captain R.N.; 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 Glasgow 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 Doris 42, Capt. Thos. Graham, Royal George yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, Albion 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu, and Active, of similar force, Capt. Andrew King. His next appointments were, to the Tartar 42, Capt. Thos. Brown, Aurora 46, Capt. Henry Prescott, Fly 18, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, and Spartiate 76, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, all in South America, on which station he was made Commander, 20 April, 1825, into his former ship the Fly. He removed, 23 Dec. following, to the Philomel 10, fitting for the Mediterranean; and on 18 Oct. 1826 was advanced to Post-rank. His succeeding appointments were – 6 Nov. 1827, to the Royal Charlotte yacht, lying at Dublin, where he remained until Feb. 1829 – 12 Dec. 1828, to the North Star 28, in which vessel he returned to the West Indies – 18 May, 1831, to the Winchester 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 North Star, 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.