Henry was fitted with an artificial leg but his amputated leg was a tourist attraction in the village of Waterloo in Belgium before it was eventually buried there. Henry was a prominent military commander who gained fame at the Battle of Waterloo, where he lost his leg. In 1812, Henry became 2nd Earl of Uxbridge upon the death of his father. In 1810, after the divorces, Charlotte and Henry Paget were married. Lady Charlotte’s first husband divorced her on the grounds of her adultery with Henry Paget. Caroline sued her husband for divorce and subsequently married George Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll. Charlotte’s brother Lieutenant-Colonel The Honorable Henry Cadogan challenged Paget to a duel, but neither was hurt. In 1810, before Lord Alfred’s father Henry Paget was created 1st Marquess of Anglesey, he and his first wife Lady Caroline were divorced as a result of Henry’s affair with Lady Charlotte Wellesley (born Lady Charlotte Cadogan), who was married to Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley, the brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, the military hero who led the forces against Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. The couple had eight children who were Lord Alfred’s half-siblings. In 1795, Alfred’s father Henry Paget had first married Lady Caroline Villiers, daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey, and his wife Frances, who was one of King George IV’s mistresses when he was Prince of Wales. He was the fourth of the ten children and the second of the five sons of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, the eldest son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and his second wife Lady Charlotte Cadogan, daughter of Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, and Mary Churchill, a niece of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Lord Alfred Henry Paget was born on June 29, 1816, in Cavendish Square, London. Lord Alfred Paget served Queen Victoria as Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal 1846 – 18-1874 and also as Clerk Marshal 1874 – 1888. Lord Alfred Henry Paget by Southwell Brothers, albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s, NPG x46527 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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