Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

Field Marshal The Most Honourable The Marquess of Anglesey KG GCB GCH PC
Portrait by William Salter, c. 1830s
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
In office 27 February 1828 – 22 January 1829
Monarch	George IV
Prime Minister	The Duke of Wellington
Preceded by	The Marquess Wellesley
Succeeded by	The Duke of Northumberland
In office 4 December 1830 – 12 September 1833
Monarch	William IV
Prime Minister	The Earl Grey
Preceded by	The Duke of Northumberland
Succeeded by	The Marquess Wellesley
Personal details
Born	Henry William Bayley 17 May 1768 (1768-05-17) London
Died	29 April 1854(1854-04-29) (aged 85) Uxbridge House, London
Resting place	Lichfield Cathedral
Nationality	British
Political party	Whig Tory
Spouses	Lady Caroline Villiers ​ ​ (m. 1795; div. 1810)​ Lady Charlotte Cadogan
Children	18
Parents	Henry Bayley-Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge Jane Champagné
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1793–1854
Rank	Field Marshal
Commands	7th Light Dragoons
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars Flanders Campaign Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War Waterloo Campaign
Awards	Knight of the Order of the Garter Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order

Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey KG, GCB, GCH, PC (17 May 1768 – 29 April 1854), styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British Army officer and politician. After serving as a member of parliament for Carnarvon and then for Milborne Port, he took part in the Flanders Campaign and then commanded the cavalry for Sir John Moore's army in Spain during the Peninsular War; his cavalry showed distinct superiority over their French counterparts at the Battle of Sahagún and at the Battle of Benavente, where he defeated the elite chasseurs of the French Imperial Guard. During the Hundred Days he led the charge of the heavy cavalry against Comte d'Erlon's column at the Battle of Waterloo. At the end of the battle, he lost part of one leg to a cannonball. In later life he served twice as Master-General of the Ordnance and twice as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.