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[[Admiral]] '''Sir Alfred Wyndham Paget''' [[Order of the Bath|KCB]], [[Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (26 March 1852 - 17 June 1918) was a [[Royal Navy]] officer who became Senior Officer, [[Coast of Ireland Station]].
[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''Sir Alfred Wyndham Paget''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|KCB|KCMG|DSO}} (26 March 1852 &ndash; 17 June 1918) was a [[Royal Navy]] officer who became [[Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland|Senior Officer on the Coast of Ireland]].


==Naval career==
==Naval career==
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Paget joined the [[Royal Navy]] in 1865.<ref name=lh>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/PAGET.shtml|title=Sir Alfred Paget|publisher=Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives|accessdate=27 December 2014}}</ref> He saw action in the [[Anglo-Egyptian War]] and then served in Eastern [[Sudan]].<ref name=lh/> He went on to serve as naval [[attaché]] in [[Paris]], [[Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]] and then [[Washington, D.C.]] between 1896 and 1899.<ref name=lh/> He saw action as commanding officer of the [[cruiser]] [[HMS Astraea (1893)|HMS ''Astraea'']] in June 1899 during the [[Boxer Rebellion]] and then became commanding officer of the cruiser [[HMS Endymion (1891)|HMS ''Endymion'']] in February 1901.<ref name=warships>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf|title=Captain commanding Royal Navy warships|accessdate=27 December 2014}}</ref> He went on to be commanding officer of the [[battleship]] [[HMS Royal Sovereign (1891)|HMS ''Royal Sovereign'']] in May 1903, commanding officer of the cruiser [[Astraea-class cruiser|HMS ''Charybdis'']] in March 1904 and commanding officer of the cruiser [[HMS Scylla (1891)|HMS ''Scylla'']] in March 1905.<ref name=warships/> In HMS Scylla he served on the [[North America and West Indies Station]] carrying out protection duties for the Newfoundland fisheries.<ref name=pagetfamily>{{cite web|url=http://www.anatpro.com/index_files/Alfred_Wyndham_Paget.htm|title=Paget family|accessdate=27 December 2014}}</ref>


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Paget joined the [[Royal Navy]] in 1865.<ref name=lh>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/PAGET.shtml|title=Sir Alfred Paget|publisher=Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives|accessdate=27 December 2014}}</ref> He saw action in the [[Anglo-Egyptian War]] and then served in Eastern [[Sudan]].<ref name=lh/> He went on to serve as naval [[attaché]] in [[Paris]], [[Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]] and then [[Washington, D.C.]] between 1896 and 1899.<ref name=lh/> He saw action on the [[China Station]] as commanding officer of the [[cruiser]] [[HMS Astraea (1893)|HMS ''Astraea'']] in June 1899 during the [[Boxer Rebellion]] and then became commanding officer of the cruiser [[HMS Endymion (1891)|HMS ''Endymion'']] in February 1901.<ref name=warships>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf |title=Captains commanding Royal Navy warships |accessdate=27 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105411/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf |archivedate=15 March 2012 }}</ref> The ''Endymion'' served on the China station until late May 1902, when she left for the United Kingdom. She took part in the [[Fleet review (Commonwealth realms)|fleet review]] held at [[Spithead]] on 16 August 1902 for the [[Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra|coronation]] of King [[Edward VII]],<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Coronation – Naval Review |date=13 August 1902 |page=4 |issue=36845| }}</ref> and Paget paid her off at [[HMNB Chatham|Chatham]] on 4 September 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence|date=25 August 1902 |page=8 |issue=36855| }}</ref>
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After that he became Senior Officer, [[Coast of Ireland Station]] in 1908 before retiring in 1911.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf|title=Senior Royal Navy appointments|accessdate=27 December 2014}}</ref>


He went on to be commanding officer of the [[battleship]] [[HMS Royal Sovereign (1891)|HMS ''Royal Sovereign'']] in May 1903, commanding officer of the cruiser [[Astraea-class cruiser|HMS ''Charybdis'']] in March 1904 and commanding officer of the cruiser [[HMS Scylla (1891)|HMS ''Scylla'']] in March 1905.<ref name=warships/> In HMS Scylla he served on the [[North America and West Indies Station]] carrying out protection duties for the Newfoundland fisheries.<ref name=pagetfamily>{{cite web|url=http://www.anatpro.com/index_files/Alfred_Wyndham_Paget.htm|title=Paget family|accessdate=27 December 2014}}</ref>
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With no opportunity to serve as an Admiral during the first world war he gained a commission in the Royal Navy Reserve as a Commander, at one point being in charge of an armed yacht to support patrol flotillas in the North Sea, he was promoted in the RNR and retired due to ill health in 1917.<ref name="obit"> "Death Of Admiral Paget." Times [London, England] 19 June 1918: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 27 Dec. 2014.</ref>

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After that he became Senior Officer, [[Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland|Coast of Ireland Station]] in 1908 before retiring in 1911.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf |title=Senior Royal Navy appointments |accessdate=27 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105247/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf |archivedate=15 March 2012 }}</ref> He was made a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath|KCB]] in the [[1911 Coronation Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28505|supp=y|page=4588|date=19 June 1911}}</ref>

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With no opportunity to serve as an admiral during the first world war he gained a commission in the Royal Navy Reserve as a commander, at one point being in charge of an armed yacht to support patrol flotillas in the North Sea, he was promoted in the RNR and retired due to ill health in 1917.<ref name="obit">"Death of Admiral Paget." Times [London, England] 19 June 1918: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 27 December 2014.</ref>


==Family==
==Family==

On 7 May 1906 Paget married Alpina Viti MacGregor; they had one daughter.<ref name=pagetfamily/> Paget died at 34 Hans Road in Brompton on 17 June 1918.<ref name="obit" />
On 7 May 1906 Paget married Alpina Viti MacGregor; they had one daughter, Honor.<ref name=pagetfamily/>

Paget died at 34 Hans Road in Brompton on 17 June 1918 of bronchitis.<ref name="obit" /><ref name=TheWeek1919>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article192735383 |title=Sir William Macgregor. |newspaper=[[The Week (Brisbane)]] |volume=LXXXVII |issue=2,259 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=11 April 1919 |access-date=1 January 2022 |page=30 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> His wife had been devoting herself to the war work in France. It was said 'the strain of receiving the bereaved widows and mothers at a centre behind the firing line... proved too much for her strength', and she died on 13 September 1918; both deaths adding to the sorrowful and final year of her father Sir [[William MacGregor]] (1846–1919).<ref name=TheWeek1919 />


==References==
==References==
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Sir Alfred Paget
Born(1852-03-26)26 March 1852
London, England
Died17 June 1918(1918-06-17) (aged 66)
Brompton, London, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch Royal Navy
Years of service1865–1911
RankAdmiral
CommandsHMS Astraea
HMS Endymion
HMS Royal Sovereign
HMS Charybdis
HMS Scylla
Senior Officer on the Coast of Ireland
Battles / warsAnglo-Egyptian War
Boxer Rebellion
World War I
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
RelationsWilliam MacGregor

Admiral Sir Alfred Wyndham Paget, KCB, KCMG, DSO (26 March 1852 – 17 June 1918) was a Royal Navy officer who became Senior Officer on the Coast of Ireland.

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Paget joined the Royal Navy in 1865.[1] He saw action in the Anglo-Egyptian War and then served in Eastern Sudan.[1] He went on to serve as naval attaché in Paris, Petrograd and then Washington, D.C. between 1896 and 1899.[1] He saw action on the China Station as commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Astraea in June 1899 during the Boxer Rebellion and then became commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Endymion in February 1901.[2] The Endymion served on the China station until late May 1902, when she left for the United Kingdom. She took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII,[3] and Paget paid her off at Chatham on 4 September 1902.[4]

He went on to be commanding officer of the battleship HMS Royal Sovereign in May 1903, commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Charybdis in March 1904 and commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Scylla in March 1905.[2] In HMS Scylla he served on the North America and West Indies Station carrying out protection duties for the Newfoundland fisheries.[5]

After that he became Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland Station in 1908 before retiring in 1911.[6] He was made a KCB in the 1911 Coronation Honours.[7]

With no opportunity to serve as an admiral during the first world war he gained a commission in the Royal Navy Reserve as a commander, at one point being in charge of an armed yacht to support patrol flotillas in the North Sea, he was promoted in the RNR and retired due to ill health in 1917.[8]

Family

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On 7 May 1906 Paget married Alpina Viti MacGregor; they had one daughter, Honor.[5]

Paget died at 34 Hans Road in Brompton on 17 June 1918 of bronchitis.[8][9] His wife had been devoting herself to the war work in France. It was said 'the strain of receiving the bereaved widows and mothers at a centre behind the firing line... proved too much for her strength', and she died on 13 September 1918; both deaths adding to the sorrowful and final year of her father Sir William MacGregor (1846–1919).[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Sir Alfred Paget". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Captains commanding Royal Navy warships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  3. ^ "The Coronation – Naval Review". The Times. No. 36845. London. 13 August 1902. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36855. London. 25 August 1902. p. 8.
  5. ^ a b "Paget family". Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  7. ^ "No. 28505". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 June 1911. p. 4588.
  8. ^ a b "Death of Admiral Paget." Times [London, England] 19 June 1918: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 27 December 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Sir William Macgregor". The Week (Brisbane). Vol. LXXXVII, no. 2, 259. Queensland, Australia. 11 April 1919. p. 30. Retrieved 1 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
Military offices
Preceded by Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland Station
1908–1911 		Succeeded by
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