Paget baronets

There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Paget, all in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. A fourth created for the Bayly family in the Baronetage of Ireland is now held by the Paget family. Three of the creations are extant.

The Paget Baronetcy, of Plas Newydd in the County of Anglesey and Mount Bagenall in the County of Down, was originally created as the Bayly Baronetcy in 1730 for Edward Bayly in the Baronetage of Ireland. His grandson, the third baronet Henry Bayly, adopted the surname Paget in 1770 after inheriting the title of Lord Paget. The baronetcy is now held by the Marquess of Anglesey.^[1]

The Paget Baronetcy, of Harewood Place in the County of Middlesex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 19 August 1871 for the surgeon and pathologist James Paget.^[2] The Right Reverend Francis Paget, second son of the first Baronet, was Bishop of Oxford. His son Sir Bernard Paget was a general in the British Army. The latter was the father of the fourth Baronet. Stephen Paget, another son of the first Baronet, was also a noted surgeon. The fourth baronet was a lieutenant-colonel in the British Army and author. He wrote The Yeoman of the Guard (1984), Second to none: the Coldstream Guards, 1650–2000 (2000), and a number of other military histories. He served in the Coldstream Guards from 1940 to 1968 and was a Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth II from 1971 to 1991, and an Extra Gentleman Usher from 1991.^[3][4]

The Paget Baronetcy, of Cranmore Hall in the parish of East Cranmore in the County of Somerset, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 March 1886 for the Conservative politician Richard Paget.^[5] The second Baronet was married to Lady Muriel Paget, and had issue, including the third Baronet. Through his daughter Sylvia, Lady Chancellor (wife of Sir Christopher Chancellor) and her son John, he was also a great-grandfather of the actress Anna Chancellor.^[6]

The Paget Baronetcy, of Sutton Bonington in the County of Nottingham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 25 September 1897 for Ernest Paget,^[7] Chairman of the Midland Railway. The second Baronet was a locomotive engineer and railway administrator. The title became extinct on his death in 1936.^[8]

• Sir Edward Bayly, 1st Baronet (d. 1741)
• Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet (1709–1782)
• Sir Henry Bayly Paget, 3rd Baronet (1744–1812) (succeeded as Baron Paget in 1769)

See Marquess of Anglesey for further succession.

• Sir James Paget, 1st Baronet (1814–1899)
• Sir John Rahere Paget, 2nd Baronet (1848–1938)
• Sir James Francis Paget, 3rd Baronet (1890–1972)
• Sir Julian Tolver Paget, 4th Baronet CVO (1921–2016)
• Sir Henry James Paget, 5th Baronet (born 1959)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Bernard Halfdan Paget (born 1994).

• Sir Richard Horner Paget, 1st Baronet (1832–1908)
• Sir Richard Arthur Surtees Paget, 2nd Baronet (1869–1955)
• Sir John Starr Paget, 3rd Baronet (1914–1992)
• Sir Richard Herbert Paget, 4th Baronet (born 1957)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother David Vernon John Paget (born 1959).
The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his only son Alexander Lachlan John Paget (born 1994).

• Sir (George) Ernest Paget, 1st Baronet (1841–1923)
• Sir Cecil Walter Paget, 2nd Baronet (1874–1936)