William Paget, 5th Baron Paget
William Paget, 5th Baron Paget (13 September 1609 – 19 October 1678) was an English peer.
Early life
He was born at Beaudesert House, Staffordshire, England on 13 September 1609. He was the son of William Paget, 4th Baron Paget and his wife, Lettice Knollys. Among his siblings were Hon. Margaret Paget (wife of Sir William Hicks, 1st Baronet), Hon. Anne Paget (wife of Sir Simon Harcourt and William Waller), and Hon. Catherine Paget (wife of Sir Anthony Irby).[2]
His paternal grandparents were Thomas Paget, 3rd Baron Paget, and Nazareth Newton (a daughter of Sir John Newton). His maternal grandparents were Sir Henry Knollys (a son of Sir Francis Knollys) and Margaret Cave (a daughter of Sir Ambrose Cave).[2]
Career
He was a Parliamentarian with land in Buckinghamshire. At the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1641, he was made the Parliamentarian Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. However the following year he swapped sides to become a Royalist under King Charles I and so was dismissed from that role and replaced by Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton.[2]
In c. 1620, his portrait was painted by Leandro Bassano. In the full-length portrait, he is "wearing a grey doublet trimmed with gold brocade and with lace cuffs and ruff, his shoes with gold trim and a silk scarf tied above his left knee. His right hand resting on a covered table next to his hat. In the distance beyond the room, through a window is a view of Venice behind."[1]
Personal life
On 28 June 1632 Paget married Lady Frances Rich, daughter of Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland and his wife, Isabel Cope (a daughter of Sir Walter Cope). From 1637 to 1643 they lived at 43 King Street, Covent Garden.[2] Together, they were the parents of ten children:[3]
- William Paget, 6th Baron Paget (1637–1713), who married Frances Pierrepont, a daughter of Hon. Francis Pierrepont (son of the 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull). After her death, he married his cousin, Isabella Irby, a daughter of Sir Anthony Irby and Hon. Catherine Paget.[4]
- Hon. Henry Paget (b. c. 1643), who married Mary O'Rorke, daughter of Col. Hugh O'Rorke, High Sheriff of Leitrim, in 1684. After her death, he married Anne Sandford.[4]
- Hon. Thomas Paget (b. c. 1645)[4]
- Hon. Isabella Paget (b. c. 1647)[4]
- Hon. Lettice Paget (b. c. 1649), who married Richard Hampden.[4]
- Hon. Elizabeth Paget (b. c. 1651)[4]
- Hon. Frances Paget (b. c. 1653), who married Rowland Hunt.[4]
- Hon. Penelope Paget (b. c. 1655), who married Philip Foley.[4]
- Hon. Diana Paget (b. c. 1657–1707), who married Henry Ashhurst.[4]
- Hon. Anne Paget (b. c. 1659)[4]
Lord Paget died on 19 October 1678, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, William.[4]
Descendants
Through his son Henry, he was a grandfather of Dorothy Paget (d. c. 1734), who married Sir Edward Irby, 1st Baronet, and Brig.-Gen. Thomas Paget (d. 1741), the Governor of Menorca who married Mary Whitcombe (they were the parents of Caroline Paget (d. 1766), who married Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet in 1737).[4]
Through his daughter Penelope, he is a direct ancestor to Charles Darwin.[4]
References
- ^ a b "A Young Nobleman, said to be Sir William Paget, 5th Baron Paget of Beaudesert (1609-1678)". static.nationaltrust.org.uk. National Trust. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume X, page 281.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Harrison. p. 416. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 445.
External links
- family search.org Accessed 3 March 2009
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