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Battle of Balaclava. 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)
By Eric Niderost. 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.
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. At sunrise the party observed a pair of flags flying above Redoubt 1.
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. For almost 60 years after Crimea, the regiment alternated between garrison duty in England, Ireland and India.
In accordance with his usual practice Lucan had gone forward at daybreak to inspect the redoubts and outposts, accompanied by his staff: Lord George Paget, Lord William Paulet, and Major Thomas McMahon. As they approached Canrobert's Hill, two signal flags were observed, signifying the approach of the Russians.
He was awarded the K.C.B. in 1871. Paget represented Beaumaris in the whig interest from 1847 to 1857. He died very unexpectedly at his residence in Farm Street, Mayfair, London, 30 June 1880. Paget's Crimean Journals were printed for private circulation in 1875 after which he revised them, and they were published by his son in 1881.
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.
