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

On 2nd February 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 16th June 1875 Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey was born to [his father] Henry Paget 4th Marquess Anglesey (age 39) and [his mother] Blanche Mary Boyd in Paris [Map]. There were rumours his biological father was Benoît Constant Coquelin (age 34).

On 14th August 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 30th January 1880 [his uncle] Henry Paget 3rd Marquess Anglesey (age 58) died without issue at Albert Mansions Victoria Street. His half brother [his father] Henry (age 44) succeeded 4th Marquess Anglesey, 5th Earl Uxbridge, 13th Baron Paget Beaudasert, 7th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey.

On 26th June 1880 [his father] Henry Paget 4th Marquess Anglesey (age 44) and [his step-mother] Mary Livingston "Minna" King Marchioness Anglesey (age 25) 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 20th January 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 13th October 1898 [his father] Henry Paget 4th Marquess Anglesey (age 62) died. He was buried at St Edwen's Church, Llanedwen [Map]. His son Henry (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).

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 7th November 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 11th June 1904 Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey (age 28) was declared bankrupt with debts of around £544,000 depsite his estates being were worth £110,000 each year. 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 14th March 1905 Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey (age 29) died of tuberculosis at the Hotel Royale, Monte Carlo; his [his former wife] former 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 (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 14th April 1885 he was born to Alexander Victor Paget. On 3rd August 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. They were fifth cousins.

On 11th December 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 20th February 1962 [his former wife] Lilian Florence Chetwynd Marchioness of Anglesey (age 85) died.