List of Famous people with last name Anglesey

Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey

First Name Henry
Last Name Anglesey
Born on June 16, 1875
Died on March 14, 1905 (aged 29)

Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, styled Lord Paget until 1880 and Earl of Uxbridge between 1880 and 1898, and nicknamed "Toppy", was a British peer who was notable during his short life for squandering his inheritance on a lavish social life and accumulating massive debts. Regarded as the "black sheep" of the family, he was dubbed "the dancing marquess" and for his Butterfly Dancing, taken from Loie Fuller, where a voluminous robe of transparent white silk would be waved like wings.

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Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

First Name Henry
Last Name Anglesey
Born on May 17, 1768
Died on April 29, 1854 (aged 85)

Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey,, styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British Army officer and politician. After serving as a Member of Parliament for Carnarvon and then for Milborne Port, he took part in the Flanders Campaign and then commanded the cavalry for Sir John Moore's army in Spain during the Peninsular War; his cavalry showed distinct superiority over their French counterparts at the Battle of Sahagún and at the Battle of Benavente, where he defeated the elite chasseurs of the French Imperial Guard. During the Hundred Days he led the charge of the heavy cavalry against Comte d'Erlon's column at the Battle of Waterloo. At the end of the battle he lost part of one leg to a cannonball. In later life he served twice as Master-General of the Ordnance and twice as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

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Henry Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey

First Name Henry
Last Name Anglesey
Born on October 8, 1922
Died on July 13, 2013 (aged 90)

George Charles Henry Victor Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey,, styled Earl of Uxbridge until 1947, was a British peer and a military historian.

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Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey

First Name Arthur
Last Name Anglesey
Born on July 10, 1614
Died on April 6, 1686 (aged 71)
Born in Ireland

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey PC was an Anglo-Irish royalist statesman. After short periods as President of the Council of State and Treasurer of the Navy, he served as Lord Privy Seal between 1673 and 1682 for Charles II. He succeeded his father as 2nd Viscount Valentia in 1660, and he was created Earl of Anglesey in 1661.

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Elizabeth Annesley, Countess of Anglesey

First Name Elizabeth
Last Name Anglesey
Born on January 9, 1620
Died on January 1, 1698 (aged 77)

Elizabeth Annesley, Countess of Anglesey was the wife of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey. They were married on 24 April 1638 in London. At the time of their marriage, her husband's title was The Hon. Arthur Annesley. In 1660 he inherited his father's title of Viscount Valentia, making Elizabeth a viscountess, and in the following year he was created Earl of Anglesey, making her a countess.

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John Annesley, 4th Earl of Anglesey

First Name John
Last Name Anglesey
Born on January 18, 1676
Died on September 18, 1710 (aged 34)

John Annesley, 4th Earl of Anglesey, was an English peer and landowner.

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Richard Annesley, 6th Earl of Anglesey

First Name Richard
Last Name Anglesey
Died on February 14, 1761

Richard Annesley, 6th Earl of Anglesey, known as The Lord Altham between 1727 and 1737, was an Irish peer and governor of Wexford. He is known for the doubts surrounding his claim to the barony of Altham, for the questionable legitimacy of his marriages and therefore of his son's claim to his titles, and for his arranging the kidnapping of his nephew, a rival claimant to his titles and estates. This incident is believed to have influenced part of the novel Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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James Annesley, 2nd Earl of Anglesey

First Name James
Last Name Anglesey
Born on November 30, 1644
Died on April 1, 1690 (aged 45)

James Annesley, 2nd Earl of Anglesey FRS, styled Lord Annesley from 1661 to 1686, was a British peer.

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James Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey

First Name James
Last Name Anglesey
Born on January 1, 1674
Died on January 21, 1702 (aged 28)

James Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey, succeeded to his Earldom on the death of his father, James Annesley, 2nd Earl of Anglesey in 1690, the same year in which he matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford. His mother was Lady Elizabeth Manners, daughter of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland. In October 1699 he married Lady Catherine Darnley, illegitimate daughter of James II of England by Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester. They had a daughter, Lady Catherine Annesley, who married William Phipps and was ancestress of the Baron Mulgrave.

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Arthur Annesley, 5th Earl of Anglesey

First Name Arthur
Last Name Anglesey
Born on January 1, 1677
Died on March 31, 1737 (aged 60)

Arthur Annesley, 5th Earl of Anglesey PC, PC (Ire), of Farnborough, Hampshire, Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, and Knockgrenan, near Camolin, county Wexford, was an Anglo-Irish Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1702 to 1710 and in the Irish House of Commons from 1703 to 1710. He then succeeded as 6th Viscount Valentia and 5th Earl of Anglesey, joining both the upper houses. He served as Vice-Treasurer in Ireland from 1710 to 1716 and was a member of the regency commission upon the succession of George I.

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