Earl of Uxbridge
Earl of Uxbridge , in the County of Middlesex , is a hereditary British title of nobility awarded twice in the Peerage of Great Britain . The title is named after the place Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon .
Awards and subordinate titles
The title was first bestowed on October 19, 1714, to Henry Paget, 7th Baron Paget, 1st Baron Burton . On January 1, 1712 he had already been raised to Baron Burton , of Burton-on-Trent in the County of Stafford , and in 1713 he had the title 7th Baron Paget , of Beaudesert in the Peerage of England, created on January 23, 1553 the County of Stafford, inherited. The Earldom and the Barony of Burton became extinct on the death of his grandson, the 2nd Earl, in 1769; the Barony of Paget inherited his second cousin, Henry Bayly , as the 9th Baron.
This 9th Baron changed his surname from Bayly to Paget in 1770 and was raised to the title of Earl of Uxbridge in the second bestowal on September 19, 1784 . In 1782 he also inherited from his father the title created in 1730 in the Baronetage of Ireland 3. Bayly Baronet , of Plas Newydd in the County of Anglesey and of Mount Bagenall in the County of Louth . His son, the 2nd Earl, was also raised to Marquess of Anglesey in 1854 . The Earldom has since been a subordinate title of the Marquess and is led by his prospective title heir ( Heir apparent ) as the courtesy title Earl of Uxbridge .
List of Barons Paget and Earls of Uxbridge
Barone Paget (1553)
- William Paget, 1st Baron Paget (around 1506–1563)
- Henry Paget, 2nd Baron Paget (around 1535–1568)
- Thomas Paget, 3rd Baron Paget (around 1540–1590) (forfeited 1589)
- William Paget, 4th Baron Paget (1572–1628) (restored 1604)
- William Paget, 5th Baron Paget (1609–1678)
- William Paget, 6th Baron Paget (1637-1713)
- Henry Paget, 7th Baron Paget, 1st Baron Burton (1663–1743) ( raised to Earl of Uxbridge in 1714 )
Earls of Uxbridge, first bestowed (1714)
- Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge (1663–1743)
- Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge (1719–1769)
Barone Paget (1553; continued)
- Henry Bayly, 9th Baron Paget (1744–1812) ( raised to Earl of Uxbridge in 1784 )
Earls of Uxbridge, second bestowal (1784)
- Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge (1744-1812)
- Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey , 2nd Earl of Uxbridge (1768–1854) (promoted to Marquess of Anglesey in 1815 )
- Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey , 3rd Earl of Uxbridge (1797–1869)
- Henry Paget, 3rd Marquess of Anglesey , 4th Earl of Uxbridge (1821–1880)
- Henry Paget, 4th Marquess of Anglesey , 5th Earl of Uxbridge (1835–1898)
- Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey , 6th Earl of Uxbridge (1875-1905)
- Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey , 7th Earl of Uxbridge (1885–1947)
- George Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey , 8th Earl of Uxbridge (1922–2013)
- Charles Paget, 8th Marquess of Anglesey , 9th Earl of Uxbridge (* 1950)
Heir apparent is the son of the current marquess, Benedict Paget, Earl of Uxbridge (* 1986).