| LC control no. | n 2001126023 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Paget, George, Lord, 1818-1880 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Associated place | Crimea, Ukraine |
| Birth date | 18180316 |
| Death date | 18800630 |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Place of death | London, England |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Light Dragoons, 4th (Queen's Own) |
| Profession or occupation | Soldiers |
| Found in | Fenton, R. Brigadier General Lord George Paget C.B. [graphic] 1855: verso (Brigadier General Lord George Paget C.B.) The light cavalry brigade in the Crimea, 1881: title page (Gen. Lord George Paget, K.C.B.) James, L. Crimea 1854-56 : the war with Russia from contemporary photographs, c1981: no. 6 (Lord George Paget (1818-1880), Colonel 4th Light Dragoons) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, August 12, 2013 (Paget, Lord George Augustus Frederick (1818-1880), army officer, sixth son of Henry William Paget, first marquess of Anglesey (1768-1854) ; born at Burlington Street, London, on 16 March 1818 ; joined 4th light dragoons in 1840 ; promoted major on 30 January 1846 and lieutenant-colonel on 29 December the same year ; in 1854 he went out in command of the 4th light dragoons to the Crimea, and at the Alma and Balaklava was next senior officer of the light cavalry brigade to Lord Cardigan ; in the famous charge of the light brigade Paget's regiment at first formed the third line ... he was one of the last to leave the 'Valley of Death' ; Paget was whig MP for Beaumaris from 1847 to 1857 ; he died at his residence, 1 Farm Street, Mayfair, London, on 30 June 1880) LC database, 7-2-01 (hdg.: Paget, George, Lord) |
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