About John Paget
Lived 1811 – 1898 (aged 87). John Paget was a writer, illustrator and barrister.
John Paget (14 May 1811 – 28 May 1898) was an English barrister, police magistrate and author.
Life Paget was born on 14 May 1811 in Humberstone, Leicestershire, the second son of Thomas Paget, a banker in Leicester. He was educated at home, and after some years as assistant in his father's bank, entered the Middle Temple on 16 October 1835, and was called to the bar on 2 November 1838.
As a young man Paget was a Whig, an activist for the Great Reform Bill, and a member of the Reform Club from its foundation in 1836. He was a member of the library committee there for 24 years, being chairman of it from 1861 to 1865. From 1850 till 1855, he was secretary first to Lord Chancellor Truro, and then to Lord Chancellor Cranworth.
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English barrister, police magistrate and author (1811-1898)
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John Paget died on 28 May 1898.
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John Paget was a writer, illustrator and barrister.
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