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Lieutenant General Henry William Paget (1768–1854), 2nd Earl of Uxbridge and Marquess of Anglesey, c.1815

Peter Edward Stroehling (1768–after 1826)

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Lieutenant General Henry William Paget (1768–1854), 2nd Earl of Uxbridge and Marquess of Anglesey, c.1815

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Anglesey wears the uniform of Colonel of the 7th (or the Queen’s Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars), which, as Henry, Lord Paget, he first commanded in the Low Countries in 1799. He became Colonel of the Regiment in 1801. He commanded the cavalry of Sir John Moore’s army in Spain and Portugal but, from 1809, further service in the Peninsular War was ruled out by his elopement with the Duke of Wellington’s sister-in-law.

In 1815, now the 2nd Earl of Uxbridge, he was given command of the British cavalry and horse artillery in Wellington’s army. He lost his leg at Waterloo when it was shattered by a piece of shot which narrowly missed Wellington. Uxbridge was created Marquess of Anglesey for his services at Waterloo and was made a field marshal in 1846.

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Title

Lieutenant General Henry William Paget (1768–1854), 2nd Earl of Uxbridge and Marquess of Anglesey, c.1815

Date

c.1826

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 77.8 x W 64.1 cm

Accession number

NAM. 1960-03-57

Acquisition method

gift from the Marquess of Anglesey, 1960

Work type

Painting

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Peter Edward Stroehling

1768–after 1826

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