Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey

Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey
The Marquess of Anglesey

The Marquess of Anglesey (centre) at the headquarters of Lieutenant-General Sir John Maxwell, Cairo, Egypt, early 1915. On the left is Prince Alexander of Battenberg (later Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke). Photo from The War Illustrated, 29 May 1915.
Born 14 April 1885(1885-04-14)
Died 21 February 1947(1947-02-21) (aged 61)
Alma mater Eton College
Royal Military College Sandhurst
Title Marquess of Anglesey
Term 14 March 1905 - 21 February 1947 (&1000000000000004100000041 years, &10000000000000344000000344 days)
Spouse Lady Victoria Manners
Children Lady Caroline Duff
Lady Elizabeth von Hofmannsthal
Lady Mary Paget
Lady Rose McLaren
George Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey
Lady Katharine Farrel
Parents Lord Alexander Paget

Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey GCVO (14 April 1885 – 21 February 1947) was a British peer.

Paget was born in 1885, the son of Lord Alexander Paget, was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College Sandhurst and in 1905 he succeeded as Marquess of Anglesey on the demise of his childless cousin, the 5th Marquess. In 1911 he was Mayor of Burton upon Trent and went on to serve in the First World War with the Royal Horse Guards as aide-de-camp to the General Officer Commanding in Egypt in 1915 (for which he was decorated with the Order of the Nile) and then as Assistant Military Secretary to General Officer Commanding in Ireland in 1916. He served in the Home Guard in World War II.

Paget's wife, Lady Victoria Marjorie Harriet Manners.

On 3 August 1912, he married Lady Marjorie Manners, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland and they had six children:

After World War I he was Lord Chamberlain to Queen Mary from 1922 till his death in 1947.

He commissioned the artist Rex Whistler to undertake a decorative mural scheme for the family seat at Plas Newydd. The trompe l'oeil paintings and murals and a permanent exhibition of Whistler memorabilia are now one of major attractions at this property.

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Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley
Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey
1942–1947
Succeeded by
Sir Richard Williams Bulkeley
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Paget
Marquess of Anglesey
1905–1947
Succeeded by
George Paget