A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Paget, Charles Henry
PAGET. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 16; h-p., 10.)
Charles Henry Paget was born in 1806, and died 26 May, 1845, at Portsmouth. He was eldest son of the late Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, Kt., G.C.H.,[1] by Elizabeth Araminta, daughter and co-heir of Henry Monk, Esq.; brother of Lieut. Brownlow Henry Paget, R.N. (1838), who died in South America in 1843, on board the Champion 18; and nephew of the Marquis of Anglesey.
This officer entered the Navy 6 May, 1819; passed his examination in 1825; obtained his first commission, while serving in the Royal George yacht, 3 Jan. 1826; became Flag-Lieutenant, in the Ganges 84, to Rear-Admiral Robt. Waller Otway, on the South American station, 20 Feb. following; acquired the rank of Commander 21 Feb. 1828; and on 12 of the ensuing Aug. was appointed to the Procris 10, at Cork. He attained Post-rank 28 Oct. 1829; and was afterwards employed, from 3 June, 1831, until paid off in the early part of 1835, in command of the Samarang 28, in South America, and from 24 Feb. 1837 until superseded in June, 1839, as Flag-Captain, in the Howe 120, to Sir Robt. Waller Otway, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore.
Capt. Paget married, first, in 1836, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Annals; and secondly, 20 Jan. 1840, Emily Caroline, daughter of Henry M‘Clintock, Esq., Collector of the Customs at the port of Dundalk, and sister of Lieut. Fras. Leopold M‘Clintock, R.N. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
- ↑ The Hon. Sir Chas. Paget was born 7 Oct. 1778. He commanded the Martin sloop in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797; and on 17 of the same month was advanced to Post-rank. He afterwards commanded the Brilliant, Hydra Endymion, and Egyptienne frigates, Revenge and Superb 74’s, and Prince Regent and Royal George yachts. In the Brilliant he accompanied Sir John Borlase Warren in the expedition to Ferrol in 1800; he contrived, in the Endymion, to effect a large number of captures; and in the Superb, during the war with the United States, he commanded a squadron at the blockade of New London. He received the honour of Knighthood and the insignia of a K.C.H. in Oct. 1819; became a Rear-Admiral in April, 1623 and a Vice-Admiral in Jan. 1837; was nominated a G.C.H. in March, 1832; and was for many years M.P. for Carnarvon. In 1822 he had been appointed Groom of the Bedchamber to George IV. He commanded in chief at Cork in 1829;; and from 11 Feb. 1837 until the period of his death, which took place 27 Jan. 1839, he held the supreme direction of Naval affairs in North America and the West Indies.