Biography of Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey 1875-1905

Paternal Family Tree: Bayly aka Paget

On 02 Feb 1874 [his father] Henry Paget 4th Marquess Anglesey (age 38) and [his mother] Blanche Mary Boyd were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey and [his grandmother] Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey.

On 16 Jun 1875 Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey was born to Henry Paget 4th Marquess Anglesey (age 39) and Blanche Mary Boyd in Paris [Map]. There were rumours his biological father was Benoît Constant Coquelin (age 34).

On 14 Aug 1877 [his mother] Blanche Mary Boyd died at Boulogne sur Mer [Map]. Her son Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey (age 2) was fostered by her sister Edith Marion Boyd until he was eight years old. She, Edith, subsequently married Gustavce Coquelin, brother of Toppy's putative father Benoît Constant Coquelin (age 36).

On 26 Jun 1880 [his father] Henry Paget 4th Marquess Anglesey (age 44) and Mary Livingston "Minna" King Marchioness Anglesey were married. She by marriage Marchioness Anglesey. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey and [his grandmother] Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey.

On 20 Jan 1898 Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey (age 22) and Lilian Florence Chetwynd Marchioness of Anglesey (age 21) were married in a Catholic ceremony at The Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity with Saint Jude, Sloane Street. She the daughter of George Chetwynd 4th Baronet (age 48) and Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings (age 55). He the son of Henry Paget 4th Marquess Anglesey (age 62) and Blanche Mary Boyd. They were first cousins.

On 13 Oct 1898 [his father] Henry Paget 4th Marquess Anglesey (age 62) died. He was buried at St Edwen's Church, Llanedwen [Map]. His son Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey (age 23) succeeded 5th Marquess Anglesey, 6th Earl Uxbridge, 14th Baron Paget Beaudasert, 8th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey. [his wife] Lilian Florence Chetwynd Marchioness of Anglesey (age 22) by marriage Marchioness Anglesey.

Around 1899 Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey (age 23) converted the Chapel at Plas Newydd, Anglesey into the Gaiety Theatre. Here he took the lead role, opulently costumed, in productions ranging from pantomime and comedy to performances

Around 1900. Unknown Photographer. Photograph of Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey (age 24).

Around 1900. Unknown Photographer. Photograph of Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey (age 24).

Around 1900. Unknown Photographer. Photograph of Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey (age 24).

1900. John Wickens (age 35). Portrait of Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey (age 24).

After 1900. Unknown Photographer. Photograph of Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey (age 24).

On 07 Nov 1900 Lilian Florence Chetwynd Marchioness of Anglesey (age 24) obtained a decree nisi. The marriage of Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey (age 25) and Lilian Florence Chetwynd Marchioness of Anglesey was later annulled on the grounds of non-consummation.

On 14 Mar 1905 Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey (age 29) died of tuberculosis at the Hotel Royale, Monte Carlo; his [his former wife] ex-wife (age 29) was present. He was buried at St Edwen's Church, Llanedwen [Map] in the same grave as his [his father] father. His first cousin Charles Henry Alexander Paget 6th Marquess Anglesey (age 19) succeeded 6th Marquess Anglesey, 7th Earl Uxbridge, 15th Baron Paget Beaudasert, 9th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey.

Charles Henry Alexander Paget 6th Marquess Anglesey: On 14 Apr 1885 he was born to Alexander Victor Paget. On 03 Aug 1912 Charles Henry Alexander Paget 6th Marquess Anglesey and Victoria Marjorie Harriet Manners Marchioness Anglesey were married. She by marriage Marchioness Anglesey. She the daughter of Henry John Brinsley Manners 8th Duke Rutland and Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland.

On 11 Jun 1905 Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey was decalred bankrupt with debts of arounbd £544,000. He incurred debts, within 6 years, to the extent of £544,000, though his estates were worth £110,000 p.a. His wardrobe and personal jewels, sold when he became insolvent, disclosed a preposterous accumulation, the latter realising £88,000. He seems only to have existed for the purpose of giving a melancholy and unneeded illustration of the truth that a man with the finest prospects, may, by the wildest folly and extravagance, as Sir Thomas Browne says, "foully miscarry in the advantage of humanity, play away an uniterable life, and have lived in vain." V.G. Cracroft

On 11 Dec 1909 John Francis Grey Gilliat (age 27) and [his former wife] Lilian Florence Chetwynd Marchioness of Anglesey (age 33) were married. She the daughter of [his former father-in-law] George Chetwynd 4th Baronet (age 60) and [his aunt] Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings.

On 20 Feb 1962 [his former wife] Lilian Florence Chetwynd Marchioness of Anglesey (age 85) died.

Royal Ancestors of Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey 1875-1905

Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Ancestors of Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey 1875-1905

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Paget 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Caroline Paget Lady Plas Newydd Anglesey 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Very Reverend Arthur Champagné

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge

GrandFather: Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Villiers 2nd Earl Jersey 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Churchill Countess Bridgewater 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Twysden Bishop Raphoe

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Twysden

Father: Henry Paget 4th Marquess Anglesey 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Bagot 4th Baronet 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Wagstaffe Bagot 5th Baronet 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bagot 1st Baron Bagot 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Legge 1st Earl Dartmouth

Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara Legge Baroness Bagot 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Finch Countess Dartmouth 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Bagot 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry St John 1st Viscount St John 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 2nd Viscount St John 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth St John Baroness Bagot 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Furnese 2nd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Furnese

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Balam

GrandMother: Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sale

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Wellesley aka Wellesley-Pole 3rd Earl Mornington

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Charlotte Anne Wellesley-Pole 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Forbes 3rd Earl Granard

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Forbes

Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Forbes Countess Mornington 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Capell 3rd Earl Essex 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Capell 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Hyde Countess Essex 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

GrandFather: John Christian Curwen Boyd

Mother: Blanche Mary Boyd