Lord Clarence Edward Paget R.N.
Lord Clarence Edward Paget R.N.
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Lord Clarence Edward Paget R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Field-Marshal, the 1st Marquess of Angelsey. |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
17 June 1811 | | Born. |
1837 | | Stood unsuccesfully as M.P. for Southampton. |
1847 | July 1852 | M.P. (Liberal) for Sandwich. |
1852 | | Married Martha Stuart, daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Otway. |
1856 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath). |
March 1857 | March 1866 | M.P. for Sandwich (until he resigned). |
2 June 1869 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath). |
29 May 1886 | | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) |
22 March 1895 | | Died (Brighton) |
In retirement he devoted his time to the arts, being an accomplished sculptor. He modelled and erected a statue of Nelson on the coast of Anglesey. |
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Date | Rank |
29 May 1823 | Entered Navy |
14 May 1831 | Lieutenant |
25 September 1834 | Commander |
26 March 1839 | Captain |
4 February 1858 | Rear-Admiral |
24 April 1865 | Vice-Admiral |
1 April 1870 | Admiral |
18 June 1876 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
20 October 1827 | | Midshipman in Asia at battle of Navarin |
11 August 1831 | | Lieutenant in Warspite |
27 February 1832 | 1833 | Lieutenant (supern'y) in St Vincent |
7 June 1834 | | Lieutenant in Winchester |
17 January 1837 | 2 January 1839 | Commander in Pearl, North America |
26 June 1839 | | Captain in Howe, Sheerness |
23 August 1841 | 1845 | Captain in Aigle, Mediterranean |
1846 | | Secretary to the Board of Ordnance (appointed by his father,then the master-general) |
1848 | 1853 | Secretary to Master-general of the Ordnance |
29 October 1853 | July 1855 | Captain in Princess Royal (from commissioning), the Baltic (1854), and the Black Sea (1855, including the blockade and bombardment of Sebastopol) during the Russian War (until invalided) |
30 June 1859 | 27 April 1866 | First Secretary of the Admiralty, acting as departmental spokesman in the House of Commons |
28 April 1866 | 28 April 1869 | Commander-in-chief, Mediterranean (flag in Victoria, then Caledonia) |