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General Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget KCB (16 March 1818 – 30 June 1880) was a British soldier during the Crimean War who took part in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade. He later became a Whig politician.
Marquess of Anglesey is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge, a hero of the Battle of Waterloo, second in command to the Duke of Wellington.
Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey KG, GCB, GCH, PC (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.
On 20 June 1854, Paget went out to the Crimea as a Brevet Colonel in command of the 4th Light Dragoons. He fought at the Battles of the Alma and Balaklava; he was next senior officer of the Light Cavalry brigade to Lord Cardigan.
Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget was born on 16 March 1818. He was the sixth son of Henry William Paget, first Marquis of Anglesey. Paget was educated at Westminster School; on 25 July 1834 he was given a commission as a Cornet in the First Lifeguards.
Lucan rode out to inspect his vedettes deployed in South Valley at dawn on the day of the expected attack. Accompanying him was Colonel Lord George Paget, who was in temporary command of the Light Brigade given that Cardigan routinely slept on Raglan’s luxury yacht Dryadanchored off Balaclava.
Lord George Paget was the 6th son of the Marquis of Angelsey who became Lord Uxbridge after commanding the cavalry and losing his leg at Waterloo. George was also involved in a famous battle, at Balaklava where he commanded the 4th Light Dragoons in the Charge of the Light Brigade.
