AN'GLESEA, HENRY WILLwI PAGET, earl of Uxbridge and marquis of A., b. May 17, 1768. was educated in Oxford, and, as lord Paget; entered the army at the beginning of the French revolution. From 1793 to 1794 he commanded a volunteer corps in Flanders, and subsequently acquired a high reputation as a cavalry officer in the penin sular war, especially during the retreat under gen. Moore. At the battle of Waterloo, where he commanded the Britishcavalry, he lost a leg. On his return to Em.gland, he received a vote of thanks from parliament, and was made marquis of A. Afterwards, lie took a part in the administration under Canning, and In 1828 was appointed lord lieutenant of Ireland, at a period when that country was greatly agitated on the question of its religious privileges. He at first opposed the emancipation of the Catholics; but ultimately became convinced that it was essential to the peace of the country, in conse quence of which lie was recalled from Ireland by Wellington in 1829. He was again
appointed to the same office under lord Grey's administration in 1831; but the perverse policy of the tories had involved matters in such that even the decisiveness and integrity of his character could not allay the irritation. O'Connell had now commenced his ruinous career of agitation, and the marquis was compelled to resort to severe coercive measures, which destroyed the popularity he bud previously acquired.
His rule in Ireland was not characterized by any superior statesmanship; but it ought to be remembered, to his honor, that he founded the Irish board of education, which has been of immense service to that nation. In 1833, he was succeeded by the marquis of Normamly; but did not again take any prominent part in public proceedings till 1846, when he accepted the office of master-general of the ordcance in lord John Russell's miuistry. In the same year he was raised to the dignity of field-marshal. He d. on the 29th April, 1854.