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Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

1768 - 1854

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Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (17 May 1768 – 29 April 1854), styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British Army officer and politician. After serving as a member of parliament for Carnarvon and then for Milborne Port, he took part in the Flanders Campaign and then commanded the cavalry for Sir John Moore's army in Spain during the Peninsular War; his cavalry showed distinct superiority over their French counterparts at the Battle of Sahagún and at the Battle of Benavente, where he defeated the elite chasseurs of the French Imperial Guard. During the Hundred Days he led the charge of the heavy cavalry against Comte d'Erlon's column at the Battle of Waterloo. At the end of the battle, he lost part of one leg to a cannonball. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey is the 16,209th most popular politician (down from 14,232nd in 2019), the 4,711th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,442nd in 2019) and the 576th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ranks 16,209 out of 19,576. Before him are Néstor Guillén, Marcelo Ebrard, Patricia Davies, Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, Seyni Oumarou, and Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings. After him are Muhammadu Maccido, Sicard of Benevento, Elephenor, Askar Mamin, Dru Drury, and Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1768, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ranks 46. Before him are Karl Ludwig von Haller, Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein, Louise Caroline of Hochberg, Hendrik Voogd, Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel, and Astley Cooper. After him are Mah Laqa Bai, John Crome, Edward Donovan, and Smith Thompson. Among people deceased in 1854, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ranks 62. Before him are José Joaquín Prieto, Frederick Catherwood, Pedro María de Anaya, Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland, Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov, and Josipina Turnograjska. After him are Justo Figuerola, Robert Jameson, Gabriele Rossetti, and George Cathcart.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ranks 4,712 out of 8,785. Before him are Glenn Cornick (1947), Rupert Davies (1916), Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393), Alma Cogan (1932), Heather Harper (1930), and Stan Mortensen (1921). After him are Joanna Pettet (1942), Curt Smith (1961), Humphrey Carpenter (1946), Dru Drury (1725), Thomas Brisbane (1773), and Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (1902).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ranks 576. Before him are Patrick McLoughlin (1957), Leander Starr Jameson (1853), Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785), Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779), John Prescott (1938), and Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393). After him are Dru Drury (1725), Owain Gwynedd (1100), James McHenry (1753), Des Browne (1952), Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860), and Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831).

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