The Earl of Uxbridge | |
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Member of Parliament for Staffordshire | |
In office 1707–1712 | |
Preceded by | Parliament of England |
Succeeded by | William Ward Charles Bagot |
In office 1695–1707 Serving with John Grey, Sir Edward Bagot | |
Preceded by | Sir Walter Bagot John Grey |
Succeeded by | Parliament of Great Britain |
Personal details | |
Born | Henry Paget 13 January 1663 |
Died | 30 August 1743 West Drayton | (aged 80)
Spouses | Mary Catesby
(m. 1686; died 1734)Elizabeth Bagot (m. 1739) |
Relations | Francis Pierrepoint (grandfather) Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge (grandson) |
Children | Thomas Paget, Lord Paget (son) |
Parent(s) | William Paget, 6th Baron Paget Frances Pierrepont |
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]