paid off in the early part of 1835, in command of the Samarang 28, in South America, and from 24 Feb. 1837 until superseded in June, 1839, as Flag-Captain, in the Howe 120, to Sir Robt.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.
PAGET, Lord, M.P. (Captain, 1839.)
The Right Honourable Lord Clarence Edward Paget, born 17 June, 1811, is eldest son of Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.B., by his second wife. Lady Charlotte Cadogan, sister of Rear-Admiral Earl Cadogan, C.B. He is brother of Lord Alfred Henry Paget, M.P. for Lichfield, and of Lord Geo. Augustus Fred. Paget, both officers in the army; half-brother of Lord Wm. Paget, Captain R.N.; and brother-in-law of Viscount Sydney and the Earl of Sandwich.
This officer entered the Navy 29 May, 1823; served as Midshipman of the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827; passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his first commission 14 May, 1831. His succeeding appointments were – 11 Aug. 1831, to the Warspite 76, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Baker in South America – 27 Feb. 1832, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the St. Vincent 120, Capt. Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, stationed off Lisbon, whence he returned in the early part of 1833 – and, 7 June, 1834, to the Winchester 52, Capt. Edw. Sparshott, fitting at Chatham. Being advanced to the rank of Commander 25 Sept. in the year last mentioned, he obtained command, 17 Jan.- 1837, of the Pearl 20, on the North America and West India station. He paid that vessel off within a short period of his elevation to Post-rank, which took place 26 March, 1839; and he was next appointed – 26 June following, to the Howe 120, flagship of Sir Robt. Waller Otway at the Nore, where he remained until July, 1840 – and, 23 Aug. 1841, to the Aigle 24, fitting for the Mediterranean. He returned to England in the summer of 1845, and has since been on half-pay.
In July, 1846, his Lordship was appointed Secretary to the Board of Ordnance; and in 1847 he was returned to Parliament as Member for Sandwich. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
PAGET. (Commander, 1837. f-p., 19; h-p., 28.)
John Paget entered the Navy, 4 March, 1800, as A.B., on board the Minorca sloop, Capt. Geo. Miller, under whom we find him in the course of the following year employed as Midshipman and Master’s Mate in the operations against the French in Egypt. Quitting the Minorca in Oct. 1801, he served during the next five years, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, in the Greyhound 32, Capts. Chas. Ogle and Wm. Hoste, Diomede 50, Capts. Thos. Laroom and Hugh Downman, Unité 38, Capt. Chas. Ogle, and Prince 98, Capt. Wm. Lechmere. Being appointed, on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 20 Dec. 1806, to the Olympia sloop, Capt. Wm. Taylor, he sailed in that vessel for the Rio de la Plata. He invalided home in July, 1807; and was next, between Nov. 1808 and Feb. 1809, employed under Capt. John Surman Garden in the Ville de Paris 110. During that period he assisted ia embarking the army after the battle of Corunna. From the date last mentioned Lieut. Paget did not again go afloat until nominated, 22 Jan. 1828, First of the Harpy 10, Capt. Chas. Rich, on the West India station. On 11 Jan. 1829 he was removed to the Magnificent, receiving-ship at Jamaica, of which vessel, it appears, he retained command from 19 Dec. 1831 until May, 1839. He was re-appointed to her 24 Feb. 1842; and on 26 of the following July was transferred to the Imaum, also a receiving-ship. He has been on half-pay since 1843. His present commission bears date 1 April, 1837.
Commander Paget married, 15 Sept. 1834, at St. Ann’s, Jamaica, Anna, daughter of Jas. Lawrence Hilton, Esq. Agents – Messrs. StilwelL
PAGET, Lord. (Capt., 1826. f-p., 16; h-p., 14.)
The Right Honourable Lord William Paget, born 1 March, 1803, is second son of Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.B., by his first wife, Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of George, fourth Earl of Jersey. His Lordship is half-brother of Lord Clarence Edw. Paget, Captain R.N.; brother-in-law of the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis Conyngham, and the Lords Crofton and Templemore; and nephew of Capt. Hon. Wm. Paget, R.N., who died in 1795 – of Hon. Sir Edw. Paget, G.C.B., a General Officer in the army and Colonel of the 28th Regt. of Foot – of the late Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, Kt., G.C.H. – of the Earls of Galloway and Enniskillen – and of the late Lord Graves. He is also connected with the noble houses of Argyll, Westmoreland, Dartmouth, Ormonde, Guillamore, and Essex.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1817, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glasgow 50, Capts. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, Hon. Anthony Maitland, and Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, employed at first in the Mediterranean and then on the Home station, where, and in the West Indies, he served from 26 April, 1821, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 18 April, 1823, as Midshipman in the Doris 42, Capt. Thos. Graham, Royal George yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, Albion 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu, and Active, of similar force, Capt. Andrew King. His next appointments were, to the Tartar 42, Capt. Thos. Brown, Aurora 46, Capt. Henry Prescott, Fly 18, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, and Spartiate 76, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, all in South America, on which station he was made Commander, 20 April, 1825, into his former ship the Fly. He removed, 23 Dec. following, to the Philomel 10, fitting for the Mediterranean; and on 18 Oct. 1826 was advanced to Post-rank. His succeeding appointments were – 6 Nov. 1827, to the Royal Charlotte yacht, lying at Dublin, where he remained until Feb. 1829 – 12 Dec. 1828, to the North Star 28, in which vessel he returned to the West Indies – 18 May, 1831, to the Winchester 52, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, Commander-in-Chief on the North America and West India station – and, 24 Sept. 1832, again to the North Star, which ship he brought home and paid off in the summer of 1833. He has not been since employed.
Lord Wm. Paget sat in Parliament for the borough of Andover from 1841 until 1846. He married, 22 Jan. 1827, Frances, only daughter of Lieut.-General Francis, Baron de Rottenburg, by whom he has issue three children.
PAIN. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 21; h-p, 23.)
Martin Pain entered the Navy, 4 June, 1803, as Midshipman, on board the Sulphur bomb, Capt. Daniel M‘Leod; and while in that vessel was frequently in action with the enemy’s gun-boats and batteries in the neighbourhood of Boulogne, was, engaged in an attempt to sink two stone-ships at the entrance of the harbour at that place, and united in the bombardment of Granville. After a servitude of nine months in the Utrecht 64, commanded in the Downs by Capts. Fras. Pickmore and Henry Inman, he joined, in April, 1805, the Hebe 32, Capt. Micajah Malbon, with whom he continued actively employed in the Adamant 50, at first off Boulogne, and then on the West India station, until Oct. 1808. In May and June of the latter year we find him acting as Prize-Master of the Spanish schooners Gallina and Magdalena. On quitting the Adamant he became in succession attached to the Princess of Orange 74, Capt. Fras.
