Difference between revisions of "William Paget 1637-1713"

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Bookplate of William Paget, Baron Paget (BM Franks Collection *90)

Bookplate of William Paget, Baron Paget (BM Franks Collection *117)

politician and diplomat.

Used engraved armorial bookplates.

Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.*90/*117.
Goodwin, Gordon, and John Sutton. "Paget, William, sixth Baron Paget (1609–1678), politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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 ====Biographical Note====
-Son of [[family::Thomas Paget]], 4th [[personal title::baron paget]] (c.[[date of birth::1544]]-[[date of death::1590]]). Matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1587; BA 1590. Admitted to the [[organisations::Middle Temple]] in 1611. Accompanied [[associates::Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex|Essex]] on his Cadiz expedition in 1596, and [[associates::Sir Robert Cecil]] on his embassy to [[location::Paris]] in 1598.  A colonialist, Paget was heavily involved in trade through the [[organisations::East India Company]] and was [[occupation::councillor]] of the [[organisations::Virginia Company]].
+politician and diplomat.
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