Paget Connection
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Click here to see extract from Burkes Landed Gentry (previously an attachment) containing many references to Hardings, Byngs, Alcocks etc and relations of Thomas Guy
There are separate entries in Burkes for Paget of Nanpantan Hall and Paget of Ibstock and Oxendon. Also for Hodson formerly of Stuffynwood Hall. Data from those entries have been combined where suitable in the trees below. The heads of those families at that time were shown respectively as Major Thomas Guy Frederick Paget b.1886, Joan Frances Paget b. 1906 and Major Vernon Charles Paget Hodson b.1883.
As can be seen on the Harding Family Tree (Detailed) page here, two of William Tertius Harding’s daughters married Pagets and there are several instances of cousins marrying. From that page can be seen several interesting connections such as;
Thomas Guy. Founder of Christ’s and Guy’s Hospitals whose fortune from speculation was left in his will to numerous relations and friends. Joseph Paget 1700-1787 married Joanna Alcock one of the legatees and a relation through marriage of William Secundus Harding.
Chamberlain - Joseph and his sons Austen and Neville via Kenrick family. Archibald Kenrick’s daughter, Harriett was Joseph Chamberlain’s first wife. She died in childbirth and his second wife Florence was Thomas Kenrick’s daughter (and Harriett’s cousin). She also died in childbirth. According to Annette’s jottings, both Timothy and Archibald Kenrick married Miss Pagets.
Rev. John Byng. See the page here for Rev. John Byng showing several marriages between the families. He was the Unitarian (ie Dissenting) minister at the chapel in Tamworth and married Charlotte Harding, daughter of William Tertius Harding.
Rachel Harding nee Fenwick’s mother was Violet nee Parkins whose mother was Edith nee Hunter. Edith’s father was William Hunter whose first son and heir was William Slingsby Hunter of Gilling Castle. William Slingsby’s 3rd daughter was Barbara who married William Edmund Paget 1879-1928 of Nanpantan Hall. For more on the Hunter family, see the Hunter Family page in the Fenwick of Lambton site, here
The Paget trees show several people of historical interest in particular the founder of Hodson’s Horse and John Paget 1808-1892 and his descendants who lived in Hungary and Transylvania, hence sections below “More on Hodson’s Horse” and “More on Hungary/Transylvania”
Paget of Ibstock and Oxendon
Burkes shows the head of the family at the time of its publication as Major Thomas Guy Frederick Paget MP b. 1886. Also see end of BLG entry for Hodson.
Lineage
1. Valerian Paget d. 1580 m Anne. 2s2.1. Richard Paget d. 1581 unmarried
2.2. Leonard Paget (below is interpretation of BLG entry)
3.1. Thomas Paget 1585-1633 m Dorothea
4.1. Thomas Paget of Ibstock b. 1627
5.1. Thomas Paget of Ibstock b.1652
6.1. Joseph Paget of Ibstock 1700-1787 m Joanna Alcock d. 1793 – she was a niece of Thomas Guy’s and one of his many legatees. See attachment A on the page - Peter Edden, Tamworth Historian for a letter re. Joseph Paget's family. This Joseph Paget is described as an agriculturalist. Issue including 2s 1dau
7.1. Thomas Paget 1732-1814 m Mary Clare d. 1838 “leaving issue with 5 dau”
8.1. Thomas Paget 1778-1862 MP for Leics m Anne Pares d. 1868 2s
9.1. Thomas Tertius Paget 1807-1892 m 1850 Katharine Geraldine McCausland no children
9.2. John Paget 1811-1898 m Elizabeth Rathbone 1s 2dau
10.1. Thomas Guy Paget 1843-1894 m Frances Edith Nugent Vaughan 1d 4dau
11.1. 10. Major Thomas Guy Frederick Paget 1886-1952. MP (Con Bosworth 1922-1923) m Emma Bettine Des Voeux dau of Sir George William Des Voeux 2s 1dau
12.1. Reginald Guy Thomas Des Voeux Paget 1908-1990 MP (Lab Northampton 1945-1974) m Mrs Sybil Shiffner
12.2. John William Frederick Guy Paget b1910 m1 Violet Mary Whitaker 1s, m2 Mrs Lemma Stanley Smith 1s
13.1. Thomas Antony John Cunliffe Paget b. 1935
12.3. Brenda Edith Marion Bettine Paget 1913-1936
11.2. Angela Frances Mary Paget d. 1948 m 1899 Thomas Close
11.3. Kathleen Isobel Maryon Paget
11.4. Mabel Edith Clare Paget d. 1948 m Eustace Lattin Mansfield d. 1947
11.5. Dorothea Louisa Elizabeth Paget m 1919 Lt Col. Richard George Ireland Bolton
10.2. Elizabeth Anne Paget d. 1914
10.3. Dame (Mary) Rosalind Paget DBE. ARRC d. 1948 unmarried DBE.
7.2. Joseph Paget (described by BLG as 4th son of Joseph and Joanna nee Alcock), also described as "hosier and banker" 1738-1825 m Mary Harding b. 1741 (dau of William Tertius Harding). 4s 2dau
8.1. Thomas Paget 1768-1841
m1 Harriet Oldknow d. 1798
9.1. Thomas Paget 1797-187 5 9 children
m2 Elizabeth Byng d. 1829 (dau of Rev John Byng of Tamworth) 9 children
8.2. William Paget [from BLG PAGET OF NANPANTAN] 1771-1846 m Mary Byng dau of Rev. John Byng and Charlotte nee Harding, dau of William Tertius Harding 2s 4dau
9.1. William Paget d. 1865 m Frances Ann Parkes 4s 3dau
10.1. William Byerley Paget 1836-1919 m Eliza Crowe 1s 3dau
11.1. William Edmund Paget of Nanpantan Hall 1879-1928 m Barbara 3rd dau of William Slingsby Hunter of Gilling Castle 1s 1dau
12.1. Peter William Paget 1908-1944 kia 2nd WW
12.2. Joan Frances Paget b 1906
11.2. Gertrude Mary Paget 1873-1945 m 1903 Mark Leonard Paget son of Arthur Paget of Radmore Loughborough 1s 1dau
11.3. Frances Alice Paget b 1877 m Frederick Spencer Lawrence 1s 3dau
11.4. Edith Muriel Paget b. 1880
10.2. Frederick Walter Paget 1842-1915
10.3. Herbert Byng Paget 1845-1914 m Clara Fraser Robinson 1s 6dau
11.1. Major John Byng b. 1870 m Germaine Herelle of Paris 2dau
12.1. Winifred Gwendolyn Marie 1913-1934 m Major Guy Montgomerie Carleton Paget (additional surname Paget added by deed poll) 2s
12.2. Gwendolyne Anne Byng Paget b.1920 m Major Desmond Arthur Reid. 1s
11.2. Isobel Clara Byng Paget d. 1966 m 1892 Myles Atkinson Sleigh. 2s
11.3. Margaret Byng Paget d. 1921
11.4. Georgina Byng Paget d. 1916 m 1904 Eric Morton Paget, 4th son of Rev. Edward Heneage Paget
11.5. Dorothea Byng Paget died in infancy
11.6. Beatrice Mary Byng Paget d 1949 m Wilfred Millington Holden leaving issue
11.7. Victoria Bertie Innes Byng Paget d. 1927 m Maurice Church
10.4. John Henry Paget 1847-1876 m Katherine Clara Craddock 2s
11.1. Charles John Paget b. 1869 m Katherine Lucy Garnett s
12.1. Francis Forester Paget 1872-1950
10.5. Maria Paget d.1865 m William Henry Brace 1dau
10.6. Frances Rosa Paget m1 Charles Walter Eddy, 1dau m2 Edric Bayley
10.7. Edith Paget d.1908 m1 Rev. Gerald Arthur Bowman had issue, m2 Robert Harold Paget, son of Arthur Paget of Radmoor, Loughborough
9.2. George Byng Paget 1809-1858 m Sophia Tebbutt 1s
10.1. Sir George Ernest Paget, 1st Bt 1841-1923 m Sophia Holden d.1913 2s
10.1. Capt. George Leigh Paget 1871-1900 kia Boer War
10.2. Sir Cecil Walter Paget 2nd Bt 1871-1936 m1. Lady Alexandra Louisa Godolphin Osborne m2. Florence Caroline Butt. No issue
9.3. Anne Paget m Archibald Kenrick and had issue
9.4. Harriett Paget m John Parker
9.5. Eliza Paget d. 1834 m Charles Paget 1799-1873 of Ruddington (cousin)
9.6. Caroline Paget d. 1828 unmarried
8.3. John Paget 1773-1833 m Anne Hunt 2s
9.1. John Paget 1808-1892 m 1836 Polyxene Banfly, Baroness of Wesselenyl of Transylvania nee de Hadad, widow of Baron Ladislas Banffy 1s
10.1. Walter Paget b. 1837 died in infancy
10.2 1841-1863 m 1861 Ellen Paget (5th dau of Charles Paget of Ruddington Grange). Ellen married 2nd Alfred Mellor 1dau
11.1. Ilona (or Ellona) Paget d. 1932
m 1 Claude McKenzie d. before 1890
12.1. Olive Leonora Mackenzie
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m 2 1890 Count Ladislas Teleki of Gyeres (or Laszlo Teleki de Szek), Comitat of Torda-Ananyos, Hungary 1864-1949, son of Count Alexander Teleki, a distinguished writer etc– marriage dissolved 1899, had issue (likely to include following)
12.1. Mihaly Janos Teleki de Szek 1896-1991 m Paulina Szirmay de Szirmabessenyő, Csernek et Tarkeö
13.1.Sarolta Erzsébet Teleki de Szék GR
13.2. Ilona Júlia Teleki de Szék GR 1924-2003
m1 1950 (div.1961) Count Bela Esterhazy von Galantha, son of Count Ladislaus Esterhazy von Galantha and Charlotte Gräfin Szechenyi de Sarvar et Felsövidek
14.1. Count Laszlo Esterhazy von Galantha b. 1951
m2 Kalman Fischer de Hegyeshalom b. 1916
13.3. Gabriella Teleki de Szék GR
13.4, 13.5, 13.6. 3 Other children?
[There is also the following – where do they fit in?
13.1. Ilona Taleki 1939-2013 m 1975 Lino DeVito di Porriasa. Worked in New York for Merrill Lynch
14.1. Elisa DeVito
13.2. Pal Arctur Taleki]
m 3 1901 Nikolaus (or Miklos) Baron Wessenyi von Hadad d. 1921 (probably the son or grandson of Nikolaus Baron Wessenyi von Hadad 1796-1850)
13.1. Erzsebet Wesselenyi de Hadad 1902-1976 m Lajos Mariaffi de Maksa
9.2. Edmund Arthur Paget 1810-1898 m Martha Manners 4s 1dau
10.1. Claude Arthur Paget 1859-1908 m Margaret Elizabeth Ditmas
11.1. Arthur Evelyn Manners Paget m. 1908 Maude de Kirkby Lamb
10.2. John Otho Paget b. 1860
10.3. Albert Manners Paget b. 1862
10.4. Oliver Algernon Paget b. 1864
10.5. Ada Geraldine Anne 1863-1928 m Frederick William Needham d. 1946
8.4. Joseph Paget of Woodgate d. 1842 m 1806 Ann Byng 3rd dau of Rev. John Byng of Tamworth, she died 1806 2s 1dau (and see under Hodson?)
9.1. Charles Paget 1799-1873. He and his 2nd wife drowned together at Filey. MP for Nottingham 2s 5dua
M1 Eliza Paget, 4th dau of William Paget
10.1. Joseph Paget 1825-1896 m Helen Elizabeth Abney d. 1913 1dau
11.1. Elsie Maud Abney Paget d. 1943 m Hubert Courtney Hodson 1847-1924 (See Hodson lineage/connection. Hubert’s uncle was William Stephen Raickes Hodson 1821-1858 founder of Hodson’s Horse, kia at the Relief of Lucknow). 2s 1dau
12.1. Vernon Charles Paget Hodson b. 1883 m Zoe Fullerton Ross
12.2. Hubert Selwyn Hodson b. 1885 m Dorothy Snow
12.3. Elsie Vernon Paget Hodson
10.2. Charles Paget 1827 died in infancy
10.3. Mary Paget m William Edward Swaine 2s 4dau
10.4. Lucy Paget d. 1924
10.5. Anne Paget d. 1915
M2 Ellen Tebbutt
10.6. Caroline Paget m 1860 Rt Hon. John William Mellor MP for Grantham and Sowerby Judge Advocate-general d. 1900 5s 2dau
10.7. Ellen Paget m1 Oliver Paget of Hungary 1841-1863 son of John Paget 1808-1892 (see there for descendants) m2 Alfred Mellor d. 1880
9.2. Henry Paget d 1858 m Ellen Larkin 1s 1dau
10.1. Frank Henry Paget b. 1840
10.2. Anne Ellen Paget
9.3. Jane Paget
8.5. Charlotte Paget m John Allsopp
8.6. Mary Paget m1 William White, m2 John Peirce
7.3. Mary Paget d. 1792 m 1768 Rev. Matthew Cape, curate of Ibstock, leaving issue
More on Hodson’s Horse
The lineage of William Stephen Raikes Hodson 1821-1858 from BLG is shown below and describes the connection to the Paget and the Harding and other families.
The full Wikipedia links are here for him and for Hodson’s Horse. At August 2015 one or both of those Wikipedia articles contains links to sometimes lively disagreement as to their accuracy or tone.
Lineage
1. Ven. George Hodson 1788-1855 m Mary Somersall Stephen d. 1846.4s 4dau incl
2.1. Rev. James Stephen Hodson 1816-1890 m Elizabeth Dorrill Vernon (a cousin). Headmaster of Bradfield 4s 3dau
3.1. Vernon James Hodson 1842-1863 died unmarried
3.2. Hubert Courtney Hodson 1847-1924 m Elsie Maud Abney Paget d. 1943 (only child of Joseph Paget of Stuffynwood Hall) 2s 1dau
4.1. Vernon Charles Paget Hodson b. 1883 m Zoe Fullerton Ross
4.2. Hubert Selwyn Hodson b. 1885 m Dorothy Snow
4.3. Elsie Vernon Paget Hodson
3.3. Arthur Vernon Hodson died in infancy 1851
3.4. Forbes Stephen Hodson 1855-1906 m Mary Stephen (his cousin, dau of Wiberforce Stephen, Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, leaving issue
2.2. Rev. George Hewitt Hodson 1817-1904 died unmarried
2.3. William Stephen Raikes Hodson 1821- 1858 (kia Relief of Lucknow) m. 5.1.1852 Susan Annette Mitford widow of John Mitford of Exbury, Hants d. 1884 FOUNDER OF HODSON’S HORSE. His biography mainly consisting of this letters edited by his brother, George “12 years in the Life of a Soldier” can be downloaded from the Project Gutenberg site. They make fascinating reading. he had a daughter, Olivia. [dates of marriage, birth and death of Olivia and of a possible previous daughter shown in Wikipedia and the biography may not be consistent]
2.4. Edward Hawker Bickersteth Hodson 1827-1858 died unmarried
2.5. Olivia Wilberforce Hodson 1819-1891
2.6. Mary Forbes Hodson 1822-1849
2.7. Sibella Stephen Hodson 1824-1915
2.8. Louisa Calthorpe Hodson 1826-1889 m Rev. Henry Richards Luard 1s
3.1. Henry Ethelbert Hodson Luard 1873-1891 died unmarried
Brevet Major William Hodson 1821-1858 played a major role in the Indian Mutiny. He evidently was seen as exceptionally competent and brave by the the East India Company (effectively the imperial power). He was required by the Commander in Chief, to form a regiment of irregular troops to take on special duties. These were known as Hodson’s Horse, a regiment that continues to exist as “4th Horse (Hodson’s Horse)” in the present Indian army. Hodson was a controversial character. Early in his military career he was accused of fraud but seems to have been cleared by an inquiry. In command of his own regiment, he captured the last Moghul Emperor, Bahadur Shah II and his 3 sons, the Moghul princes. He spared the father on the grounds of a promise given but personally shot the sons for which he was criticised (today he would risk prosecution for war crimes presumably). This marked the end of the Moghul Empire. He was killed at the relief of Lucknow and his wife was provided with a grace and favour flat in Hampton Court, indicating that he was seen as a hero.
The following is based on an article in La Martiniere a publication of the school in Lucknow where Hodson is buried
Hodson, the son of a clergyman, was born on 19 March 1821, near Gloucester, England. A Cambridge graduate, he entered the East India Company`s service in 1845 and saw action in the First Sikh War (1845-46) in the Bengal Grenadiers. As Adjutant of the Guides, he played an important role in the Second Sikh war (1848 - 49); he took command by 1852, creating jealousies. Under suspicion of having misappropriated the regimental funds and earlier censured for the arbitrary arrest of a Pathan chief, Hodson left the Guides in 1855. Though later cleared of dishonesty, the government refused to reopen the case.
A contemporary described Hodson as tall man with yellow hair, a pale, smooth face, heavy moustache, and large, restless, rather unforgiving eyes. The British General Hugh Gough thought of him a perfect swordsman, nerves like iron, and a quick, intelligent eye. Hodson delighted in fighting and his favourite weapon was the hog - spear. He was a brilliant horseman with the capacity to sleep in the saddle.
On the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny, Hodson was reinstated with a commission and raised a regiment of 2,000 irregular cavalry which became famous as `Hodson`s Horse` and which took part in the siege of Delhi. As well, Hodson was Head of the Intelligence department and his spies reported accurately on rebel troop movements within the city and the damage done by British guns.
After Delhi`s capture, Hodson rode to Humayun`s tomb where he captured the aged Emperor Bahadur Shah and shot to death the Moghul princes although they had surrendered. That act, plus his vengeful treatment of Indians during the Mutiny and unproved charges against him of looting, darkened his reputation. He then took part in the fighting before Kanpur, but was killed on 12 March 1858 during the successful British attack at Lucknow. According to one historian, Hodson joined in the assault at the Begum Kothi and dashed into a room sabre in hand, only to stagger out moments later, shot through the liver. He lies buried in the grounds of the Lucknow Martiniere, a reminder of the ferocity of the mutiny.
More on Hungary and Transylvania
John Paget was the grandson of Joseph Paget and Mary nee Harding (dau of William Tertius Harding).
In 1836, John married Polyxene Banfly, Baroness of Wesselenyl of Transylvania and lived for part or all his life in Transylvania. His son, Oliver was shown as “Oliver Paget of Hungary” in Burkes. Oliver married Ellen Paget, a second cousin (Joseph Paget and Mary nee Harding were their great grandparents) and their daughter Ilona married three times. Her second and third marriages were to Count Ladislas Teleki and Nicolaus Baron Wessenyi van Hadad, two other aristocrats from Transylvania. Ilona died in 1932. See the tree for them and their descendants
Throughout most of this period, Transylvania and its neighbours were volatile as shown in this Wikipedia entry. It was ruled by Austrian and Hungarian parts of the Hapsburg empire. Most or all of Transylvania was absorbed into Romania as a result of the 1920 Trianon Treaty after the 1st World War when the area was carved up. It has remained part of Romania with ethnic Hungarians being a very substantial minority. As a result of this history the language used for titles, names and cities can be in Romanian, Hungarian and German which presents problems in working out who is whom.
What follows are some extracts from articles on John Paget 1808-1892 who was responsible for the Paget connection to Hungary (incl Transylvania and Romania)
Content of what is below will be edited to reduce duplication.
From the Diary of John Paget, 1849 [texts in sq brackets and some links, added]
John Paget, the author of this diary, was born at Thorpe Satchville, Leicestershire, in the year 1808. After studying medicine at Edinburgh he travelled extensively on the continent, and visited Hungary in 1835-1836. He married Baroness Polyxena Wesselenyi, widow of Baron Ladislas Banffy, in 1837. Settling in Transylvania as a member of the landed gentry, he was enabled to witness the events of the Hungarian war of independence and to record the fugitive reports which circulated among the upper class in Hungary. Of particular interest is his account of the relations between the Magyars and Romanians of Transylvania, the animosity between the Austrian and Russian allies, and the dissension among the Hungarian political and military leaders.
After the subjugation of his adopted land, Paget visited England, returning later to occupy his estate near Kolozsvar [now Cluj-Napoca, second largest city in Romania]. During his later years he interested himself in the welfare of the Unitarian church of Transylvania [one of his aunts was one of the many daughters of Rev John Byng of the influential Unitarian chapel in Tamworth. Many Byngs, Pagets and Hardings married as can be seen from the Rev. John Byng connection page and Harding Family Tree Detailed tree page].
He was the author of Hungary and Transylvania with remarks on their condition, social, political, and economical, published in London in 1839, translated into German and published at Leipzig in 1842. John Paget died at Gyéres on 10 April, 1892, and was buried at Kolozsvar
John Paget (1808–1892), born near Loughborough in Leicestershire, educated at the Unitarian Manchester College at York, studied medicine, and travelled widely in south eastern Europe. His Hungary and Transylvania (2 vols, London, 1839) did much to make those countries better known. He married a Hungarian baroness and settled in Transylvania where he promoted scientific agriculture. He endowed an English chair at the Unitarian College at Kolozsvár [now Cluj-Napoca, second largest city in Romania] in memory of his son [Oliver Paget]. English writer and landholder. He travelled a lot in Transylvania, and wrote books about his experiences. He took part in the 1848-49 Hungarian revolution as well. Friend of István Széchenyi.
Paget, John (1808-1892), agriculturist and writer on Hungary, son of John Paget, by his wife, Anna Hunt, was born at Thorpe Satchville, Leicestershire, in 1808. He entered Manchester College, York, as a lay student in 1823. In 1826 he proceeded to Edinburgh University, studied medicine, and graduated M.D., but never practised or used the title of doctor, though he further pursued the study of medicine in Paris and Italy. In Italy he met the Baroness Polyxena Wesselenyi (1801-1878), widow of Baron Ladislaus [or Laszlo] Banffy, whom he married in 1837 at Rome. After travelling in Hungary he devoted himself to the development of his wife's estates, and gained a high reputation as a scientific agriculturist and a beneficent landlord, introducing an improved breed of cattle, and paying special attention to viniculture. To the Unitarian church of Transylvania, of which he was a zealous member, he rendered many important services, especially at the time (1857) when its educational system was threatened by the measures of the Austrian government. He died at Gyeres on 10 April 1892, and was buried at Kolozsvar on 12 April. His elder son died in childhood ; his younger son, Oliver (b. 5 Sept, 1841, d. 19 Oct. 1863), served under Garibaldi in Sicily, married in 1861, and left issue.
Wikipedia for John Paget [additions etc and some links added]
Paget was born in Loughborough,.[1] He was educated at the Unitarian Manchester College at York, and then read medicine. He travelled extensively in Europe. He married the Hungarian Baroness Polyxena Wesselenyi Banffy (née de Hadad), divorced wife of Baron Ladislaus Banffy, on 15 November 1836. He lived on his wife's estate in Transylvania, developing the farming there with an "improved" breed of cow, and campaigning for improvements to agriculture. His diary,[2] in six volumes, is in Hungary's National Museum. Volumes 1-5 contain observations on natural history around Europe. Volume 6 records Hungary's 1849 war of independence, in which Paget took part.[3]
He is known for his 1839 book Hungary and Transylvania.[4]
In 1878 after the World Exhibition in Paris he was given the cross of the Legion of Honour.[5]
He died in Ghiriş (then called Gyeres) and is buried in the Hajongard Cemetery in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.[3]