Charles Paget

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Paget (7 October 1778 – 27 January 1839) was a Royal Navy officer and liberal politician. Paget served through the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, seeing action at the Battle of Camperdown, during the Ferrol Expedition, and frequently in the Bay of Biscay in command of various frigates. He later commanded a squadron off the coast of North American during the War of 1812, after which he commanded two royal yachts. Knighted by George IV, he was promoted to rear-admiral in 1823 and commanded the Cork Station from 1828 to 1831. He was then advanced to vice-admiral in 1837 and given command of the North America and West Indies Station. He died of yellow fever at St Thomas, Jamaica, while still in post.

Naval career 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,

In 1798 Paget became post-captain of HMS Brilliant, a small frigate in which he captured le Dragon of 11 guns, and the St Jago, a Spanish privateer of 10 guns.

Paget participated in an attack on a French frigate squadron anchored at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue at the action of 15 November 1810, which ultimately led to the destruction of the Elisa.

He was appointed to HMS Superb, another third rate belonging to the Channel Fleet, and during a cruise in the bay of Biscay he took several prizes. In 1814 he was employed on the coast of North America under the orders of Sir Alexander Cochrane by whom he was entrusted with the command of a squadron stationed off New London and took part in an attack upon Wareham, Massachusetts during the War of 1812. According to Hansard's records, Paget made no contributions to debates in parliament.

Family Peget was buried in St Bartholomew's Church in Rogate in West Sussex. He had married Elizabeth Monck. She was daughter of Henry Monck of Fore, County Westmeath and his wife Lady Elizabeth Araminta Gore, daughter of Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran, and granddaughter of George Paul Monck, Member of Parliament for Coleraine. She died at Fair Oak on 17 August 1843, aged 56 years.

Their children included:

Charles Henry Paget R.N. (15 July 1806 – 26 May 1845). Elizabeth Jane Paget (1807-13 June 1866) Edward Paget (born 1811) Georgiana Paget (born 1815) Brownlow Henry Paget (born 1819). He died on board HMS Dublin on 18 February 1843, aged 24 years, as Lieutenant. Frederic(k)a Georgina Augusta (born 1822). She died at Fair Oak, Rogate on 12 September 1835 aged 13 years.

Also Horatio Henry Paget died aged 15 as a midshipman on board HMS Talbot on 28 April 1828.