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|name = Sir Edward Paget<br />
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|office = Governor of British Ceylon<br />
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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Edward Paget''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB}} (3 November 1775 – 13 May 1849) was a [[British Army]] officer.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Born the fourth son of [[Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge (second creation)|Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge]], Edward Paget became a [[cornet (military rank)|cornet]] in the [[1st Regiment of Life Guards]] in 1792.<ref name=dnb>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Paget, Edward}}</ref> He was [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Caernarvon Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)|Caernarvon Boroughs]] from 1796 to 1806.<br />
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In 1808, he was with [[John Moore (British Army officer)|John Moore]] in [[Gothenburg]] [[:File:Paget, Edward. Gothenburg (NYPL b11868620-5378613).jpg|assist the Swedish]] in the [[Finnish War]]. Moore's disagreements with [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden|Gustavus IV]] soon led to their being sent home where they were ordered to [[Portugal]].<br />
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[[File:Capture du général Edward Paget le 17 novembre 1812.jpg|thumb|The capture of General ''Edward Paget'' by the French, 17 November 1812]]<br />
He served in the [[British Army]] during the [[Peninsular War]] commanding the reserve at the [[Battle of Corunna]] in 1809 and then conducting the advance to [[Oporto]] in 1809, during which he lost his right arm.<ref name=chelsea>{{citation|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=98501#s2|title=Survey of London|volume=11|editor=H. Godfrey|year=1927|pages=37–60}}</ref> He was second in command under [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]] in 1811<ref name=chelsea/> and was captured by French cavalry in 1812 and kept a prisoner for two years until the end of the War.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.war-letters.com/0025/0001.html |title=Letter from Edwin Bartlett |date=1 January 1813 |website=War Letters |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225195622/http://www.war-letters.com/0025/0001.html |archivedate=25 December 2008 |accessdate=24 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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From 1816 to 1821 he was a [[Groom of the Bedchamber]] in the service of [[George IV of the United Kingdom|George IV]], including a period 1816-1820 when the latter was Prince Regent during the mental illness of his father, [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]].<br />
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Briefly serving as the [[British governors of Ceylon|Governor of Ceylon]] in 1822, he was appointed [[Commander-in-Chief, India|Commander-in-Chief]], India on 13 January 1823 and conducted the [[Burma|Burmese campaigns]] of 1824 to 1825,<ref name=chelsea/> relinquishing his role of as Commander-in-Chief on 7 October 1825. He commanded the British troops who suppressed the [[Barrackpore mutiny of 1824]]. In 1826 he was appointed [[List of Governors and Commandants of Sandhurst|Governor]] of the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref name=dnb/> He was also Governor of the [[Royal Hospital Chelsea]] from 1837 until 1849.<ref name=chelsea/><br />
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His eldest brother [[Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey|Henry William, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge]] (1768–1854), was in 1815 created '''Marquess of Anglesey''' and is best remembered for leading the charge of the heavy cavalry at the [[Battle of Waterloo]]. The third eldest brother, [[Arthur Paget (diplomat)|Sir Arthur Paget]] (1771–1840), was an eminent diplomat during the [[Napoleonic Wars]], the fifth, Sir [[Charles Paget (vice-admiral)|Charles Paget]] (1778–1839),<ref>''Burkes Peerage'' (1939 edition, s.v. Anglesey, Marquess of</ref> served with distinction in the navy, and rose to the rank of vice-admiral.<br />
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==Legacy==<br />
The Memorials to Governors in the Chapel of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst includes:<br />
{{Quote|In Memory of General the Honble. Sir Edward Paget, G.C.B., Colonel 28th Foot. Died 13th May, 1849, aged 73 years. His war services are as follows: —Holland, Nimeguen, Gueldermalsen, 1794-5; Cape St. Vincent, 1797 Minorca, 1798 ; Egypt, three actions, wounded, 1801 ; Bremen, 1805 ; Sicily, 1806-7 ; Sweden and Portugal, 1808 ; Corunna and Passage of the Douro, lost right arm, 1809; Second-in-Command to Wellington, Retreat from Burgos, taken prisoner, 1812. Commander-in-Chief in India, 1822-25. Governor of this College, 1826-37. Afterwards Governor of Chelsea Hospital.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/augustus-ferryman-mockler-ferryman/annals-of-sandhurst--a-chronicle-of-the-royal-military-college-from-its-foundat-hci.shtml |first=Major Augustus F. |last=Mockler-Ferryman |title=Annals of Sandhurst : a chronicle of the Royal Military College from its foundation to the present day, with a sketch of the history of the Staff College |location=London |publisher=William Heinemann |date=1900 |page=76}}</ref>}}<br />
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