Colonel Frederick Paget was a British soldier and politician.

Background

Paget was the son of the Honourable Berkeley Paget

Berkeley Paget

The Honourable Berkeley Thomas Paget , was a British politician.-Background:Paget was the sixth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and Jane, daughter of the Very Reverend Arthur Champagné...

, sixth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge. His mother was Sophia, daughter of the Hon. William Bucknall. He was the nephew of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, KG, GCB, GCH, PC , styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as The Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British military leader and politician, now chiefly remembered for leading the charge of the heavy cavalry against...

, Sir Arthur Paget

Arthur Paget (diplomat)

Sir Arthur Paget GCB, PC was a British diplomat and politician.-Family and early life:Arthur Paget was the third son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge and his wife Jane Chamagné daughter of Arthur Chamagné, Dean of Clonmacnoise in Ireland. He was a younger brother of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess...

, Sir Edward Paget

Edward Paget

General Sir Edward Paget GCB was a British Army officer.-Career:Born the fourth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, Edward Paget became a cornet in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards in 1792...

 and Sir Charles Paget.

Military and political career

Paget served in the Coldstream Guards

Coldstream Guards

Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards , is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division....

 and achieved the rank of Captain. In 1832 he was returned to parliament for Beaumaris

Beaumaris (UK Parliament constituency)

Beaumaris was a parliamentary borough in Anglesey, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1553, then to the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and to the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885, when the constituency...

, a seat he held until 1847, when he was succeeded by his cousin Lord George Paget

Lord George Paget

General Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget KCB , was a British soldier during the Crimean War.-Background:Paget was the youngest son of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey by his second wife Lady Charlotte, daughter of Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan.-Military career:Paget served in the...

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Family

Paget married Maria Georgiana, daughter of Charles Grenfell

Charles Grenfell (1790–1867)

Charles Pascoe Grenfell was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician.-Background:Grenfell was the son of Cornishman Pascoe Grenfell and Charlotte . He was a director of the Bank of England from 1830 to 1864...

, in 1856. He died in January 1866, aged 58. His wife survived him by over 30 years and died in September 1900.