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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.
- Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan (grandfather)
When Lt. Col. Lord George Paget rose early in the morning of October 25, 1854, he had no inkling of, as he later put it, “the day’s work in store for us.” Paget was part of an Anglo-French expeditionary force now besieging the Russian naval base at Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula.
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.
Brevet-Colonel Lord George Paget notoriously led it into the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava (1854) smoking a cheroot and in 1874 became its full colonel. It converted into a hussar regiment in 1861.
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.
Brevet-Colonel Lord George Paget notoriously led it into the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava (1854) smoking a cheroot and in 1874 became its full colonel. It converted into a hussar regiment in 1861.
Henry William Paget, primer marqués de Anglesey KG, GCB, GCH, PC (17 de mayo de 1768 - 29 de abril de 1854), llamado Lord Paget entre 1784 y 1812 y conocido como el Earl de Uxbridge entre 1812 y 1815, fue un oficial del ejército británico y político.
