Arthur Paget

Sir Arthur Paget GCB, PC (15 January 1771 – 26 July 1840) was a British diplomat and politician. Life Arthur Paget was the third son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge and his wife Jane Champagné daughter of Arthur Champagné, Dean of Clonmacnoise in Ireland. He was a younger brother of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey and the older brother of Sir Edward Paget, an army officer and colonial governor. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, but did not take a degree. At Oxford, Paget formed a close relationship with Cyril Jackson, Dean of Christ Church. Diplomatic career In 1791, he entered the British diplomatic service. J. M. Rigg described Paget as 'a man of easy charm who made his way with little difficulty up the diplomatic ladder, assisted by his moderate whiggery.' In 1794, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Anglesey. He nominally represented this for 13 years, though usually abroad. In 1794, he was sent as Envoy-extraordinary to Berlin to remind King Frederick William II of his obligations to Holland, a service in which Lord Malmesbury the ambassador commended him for his tact.