Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge (first creation)

The Earl of Uxbridge
Member of Parliament for Staffordshire
In office
1707–1712
Preceded byParliament of England
Succeeded byWilliam Ward
Charles Bagot
In office
1695–1707
Preceded bySir Walter Bagot
John Grey
Succeeded byParliament of Great Britain
Personal details
Born
Henry Paget

(1663-01-13)13 January 1663
Died30 August 1743(1743-08-30) (aged 80)
West Drayton
Spouses
Mary Catesby
(m. 1686; died 1734)
Elizabeth Bagot
(m. 1739)
RelationsFrancis Pierrepoint (grandfather)
Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge (grandson)
ChildrenThomas Paget, Lord Paget (son)
Parent(s)William Paget, 6th Baron Paget
Frances Pierrepont
Monument to Lord Henry Pagett in St John the Baptist's Church, Hillingdon

Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge PC (13 January 1663 – 30 August 1743), of Beaudesert, Staffordshire, and West Drayton, Middlesex, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1695 until 1712 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Burton as one of Harley's Dozen. He was a Hanoverian Tory, supportive of the Hanoverian Succession.[1]

  1. ^ Colley p.62

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