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Signed with cursive E on the obverse
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. In later life he served twice as Master-General of the Ordnance and twice as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
At the coronation of George IV in July 1821, Paget acted as Lord High Steward of England. He was also given the additional honour of captain of Cowes Castle on 25 March 1826.In April 1827, he became a member of the Canningite Government, taking the post of Master-General of the Ordnance. Under the Wellington ministry, he accepted the appointment of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in February 1828.
He married, firstly, Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers, daughter of George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of the Island of Jersey and Frances Twysden, on 25 July 1795 at Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London, England.He and Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers were divorced in 1810. He married, secondly, Lady Charlotte Cadogan, daughter of Charles Sloane Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan and Mary Churchill, in 1810.
In 1790 he raised a regiment (the 80th Foot, or Staffordshire Volunteers) from his father's tenancy. He was M.P. for the Carnarvon boroughs between 1790 and 1796. He gained the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel in 1795 in the 16th Light Dragoons. He was M.P for Milborne Port between 1796 and 1804. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1797 in the 7th Light Dragoons. He was Colonel of the 7th Light Dragoons between 1801 and 1842. He gained the rank of Major-General in 1802. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1808.
He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) on 2 January 1815.4 He fought in the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, where he commanded the Anglo-Belgian cavalry, contributing greatly to the Allied success, although he was wounded and lost a leg.
Year
Circa 1800
Medium
watercolour on ivory
Signed / Inscribed / Dated
Signed with cursive E
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