Paget was the only surviving son of the Hon. Henry Paget by his second wife Mary, daughter of Colonel Hugh O'Rorke, sometime
High Sheriff of Leitrim. Paget entered the Army during the reign of King William III, and was many years an officer of the 8th Horse (later
7th Dragoon Guards), with which corps he served under
the Duke of Marlborough. On 1 August 1710 he was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the 8th Horse. Paget stood unsuccessfully as Member of Parliament for
Ilchester in the
general election of 1722, but was returned on 11 December
on petition. He did not stand
in 1727 By his wife Mary, daughter of Peter Whitcombe of
Great Braxted, Paget was the father of Caroline Paget (died 7 February 1766). She married
Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet and their son
Henry succeeded as 9th
Baron Paget following the death of
the last member of the Paget family in 1769. He adopted the surname of Paget and is the ancestor of the current Paget family. ==References==