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 William Paget, 5th Baron Paget. Matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1627. Made a knight of the bath at Charles I's coronation in 1626. Initially a supporter of the militia ordinance, he defected and fought for the royalist cause in the Civil War.

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.