William Paget

Captain William Paget (22 December 1769 – September 1794) was a British Royal Navy officer and Member of Parliament.

Background Paget was the second son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and Jane, daughter of the Very Reverend Arthur Champagné. He was the brother of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, Sir Arthur Paget, Sir Edward Paget, Sir Charles Paget and Berkeley Paget. He was educated at Westminster School from 1779 to 1781, prior to entering the Royal Navy.

Naval and political career

From Midshipman rank in 1783, Paget served in the Navy and achieved the rank of captain in 1793.

Personal life Paget died at sea in September 1794, aged 24, after an old wound, which he originally received by a murder attempt in Constantinople some eight to ten years earlier, reopened. He never married.