Vice Admiral the Hon Charles Paget GCB

Vice Admiral the Hon Charles Paget GCB
Title:Vice Admiral the Hon
First name:Charles
Surname:Paget
Post-nominals:GCB
Year elected:1817
Last year on list:1820
MembershipMember
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Paget GCH (7 October 1778 – 27 January 1839) was a British sailor who also became a liberal politician and Member of Parliament.

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Paget (1778–1839) was the son of Henry Bayly Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and Jane Champagné, and was brother to Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. He joined the Royal Navy in 1790, and by 1797 he was captain of HMS Martin, a sloop of war serving at the Battle of Camperdown.

He was Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Milborne Port from 1804 to 1806, then succeeded his elder brother Edward Paget as MP for Caernarvon Boroughs from 1806 to 1826, and was its MP again from 1831 to 1835. According to Hansard's records, Paget made no contributions to debates in parliament.

Yachts Owned

NameRig ClassfromtoMMSI
Anglesey Cutter 1817 1820  

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