William Paget 1637-1713

William PAGET, 6th Baron Paget 1637-1713

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

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

Biographical Note

Son of Thomas Paget, 4th baron paget (c.1544-1590). Matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1587; BA 1590. Admitted to the Middle Temple in 1611. Accompanied Essex on his Cadiz expedition in 1596, and Sir Robert Cecil on his embassy to Paris in 1598. A colonialist, Paget was heavily involved in trade through the East India Company and was councillor of the Virginia Company.

Characteristic Marking

Used engraved armorial bookplates.

Sources

• 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.