Captain Lord Victor William Paget, MC

From British Newspaper Archive: Morning Post Saturday, 18 May 1889 Page 5 Arrangements for this day

Lady Alexander Paget gave birth to a son yesterday morning, Friday, 17 May 1889, at [38 Hans Place, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 0JZ 51.4978598, -0.1614646]. Lady Alexander Paget and the infant are both going on well.

From Ancestry: Church of England Births and Baptisms

• Saturday, 6 July 1889
• baptism of Victor William Paget
• born on Friday, 17 May 1889
• son of Alexander Victor Paget, Gentleman, and Hester Alice Paget
• residing at Pppp
• baptised at St Peter's Anglican Church, now Church of St Yeghiche, 13b Cranley Gardens, South Kensington, London SW7 3BB 51.489394, -0.177845
• ceremony by Francis E. C. Byng, vicar

From MyHeritage: Hester A Paget Lady Paget: 1891 England & Wales Census

5 April 1891 Census for residents of [Oaklands Cottage, Long Lane, Bunbury, Cheshire CW6 9RE 53.108998, -2.649197]

• Hester A Paget, Lady Paget, head, married, female aged 39 [born about 1852] in Bognor, Sussex; Employer
• Victor W Paget, son, male aged 1 [born about 1890] in [West, probably Westminster], London
• 3 siblings, 7 servants

From MyHeritage: Paul Grisewood: 1911 England & Wales Census

2 April 1911 Census for residents of [Sutton Lodge, 139 Brighton Road, Sutton SM2 5SW 51.3495864, -0.1933373], Surrey, England; house with 14 rooms

• Paul Grisewood, head, married for 3 years [about 1908], 3 children, 2 still living, male, aged 26 [born about 1885], in Bognor, Sussex; Manufacturing Bixton[?] Howard Cigarette Co. Ltd., 17 Cork Street West
• Margaret Grisewood, wife, married for 3 years [about 1908], 3 children, 2 still living, female, aged 23 [born about 1888], in Wandsworth, London
• Lord Victor Paget, visitor, single, male, aged 22 [born about 1889], in Kensington, London; Lieutenant, Royal Horse Guard
• 1 other visitor, 3 servants

From FreeBMD: Registration of marriage of Victor W. Paget in 1913 and FreeBMD: Registration of marriage of Olive M. Meatyard in 1913

• January to March 1913: Registration of marriage of Olive M. Meatyard and Paget; in Paddington, London (Volume 1a, Page 29)
• January to March 1913: Registration of marriage of Victor W. Paget and Meatyard; in Paddington, London (Volume 1a, Page 29)

From Ancestry: Church of England Marriages and Banns

• Marriage: Thursday, 16 January 1913
• Victor William Paget, of [7 Radnor Place, Tyburnia, London W2 2TF 51.5157169, -0.1706026], bachelor, Stockbroker, aged 23 [born about 1890]
• son of Lord Alexander Victor Paget, Gentleman
• Olive Mary Meatyard, of [12 Richmond Mansions, Old Brompton Road, South Kensington, London SW5 9HL 51.4896169, -0.190856], spinster, aged 27 [born about 1886]
• daughter of George Meatyard, Jeweller (A. B.[?])
• married at: All Saints, now 181 London Street, Tyburnia, London W2 1HL 51.51547, -0.175425, according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by licence
• ceremony by: William Boyd, M.A., vicar [face Recedlo?]
• witnesses: [unreadable?], Hester A. Paget, M. H. P. Goodlife, Girela Paget, Ralph Meatyard, Carrhin[?] Meatyard.

From fold3 British Recipients of the Military Cross - Lord Victor William Paget

• Full Name: Lord Victor William Paget
• Notes: Military Cross in Palestine. Born 17 May 1889. Second son of 5th Marquess of Anglesey. Died 11 February 1952.
• Rank: Temporary Captain
• Regiment: Royal Horse Guards
• Decoration: Military Cross
• Citation Information: 30717 / 3 June 1918
• Conflict Period: World War I
• Served for: United Kingdom

From FreeBMD - Registration of marriage of Victor W. Paget in 1922 and FreeBMD - Registration of marriage of Bridget Colebrooke in 1922

• January to March 1922: Registration of marriage of Bridget Colebrooke and Paget; in Marylebone (Volume 1a, Page 1042)
• January to March 1922: Registration of marriage of Victor W. Paget and Colebrooke; in Marylebone (Volume 1a, Page 1042)

From media store house: Lord Victor Paget Weds Lord Victor Paget 11007984

Lord Victor Paget, brother of the Marquess of Anglesey and the Hon. Bridget Colebrooke, younger daughter of Lord and Lady Colebrooke photographed after their wedding at Marylebone Register Office. Wednesday, 29 March 1922

From British Newspaper Archive: Daily Mirror Monday, 28 May 1923 Page 9 Today's Gossip: Welcome Arrival

Lady Victor Paget, whose marriage to the Marquis of Anglesey's brother took place last year, has just had a little daughter. She was pretty Miss Bridget Colebrook and she and her husband have known each other since childhood. Lord Victor was formerly married to Miss Olive May, the actress, who is now Lady Drogheda. The Pagets some months back took that delightful little doll's house in Mayfair known as Berkeley Cottage.

From British Newspaper Archive: Hull Daily Mail Wednesday, 30 May 1923 Page 4 London Letter: Lady Victor Paget

That energetic stork has just brought Lord Victor Paget a baby daughter. If little Miss Paget grows to be as beautiful as her Mamma, she will be one of the acknowledged Society belles of her time.

Lord Victor is heir-presumptive to the Marquess of Anglesey, who is his brother, and before her marriage.

Lady Paget was the Hon. Bridget Colebrooke, Lord and Lady Colebrooke's younger daughter. She possesses not only a very rare and lovely Christian name, for Bridget is less common in aristocratic circles nowadays than in polite court circles, but she has the most alluring grave[?] oval face, of pale beauty in colouring, with magnificent eyes that are serenely intelligent, a true Rossetti mouth, and finest chiselled nose, with a setting of lovely dark hair.

Her husband's first marriage, to Miss May Olive, of Gaiety fame, was dissolved about two years ago. Lord Victor wears M.C. as well as the usual war medals, and served on three fronts in the Great Adventure. He is a popular sportsman and well-known Clubman.

From Ancestry: Incoming Passenger Lists

Friday, 9 January 1925 arrival of "Aquitania", Cunard Steamship Company Ltd, from New York Harbor, New York, United States 40.66833, -74.04556, arrived at Port of Southampton 50.8965, -1.3968, England

• Lady Bridget Paget, female, aged 32 [born about 1893]; occupation: none
• Lord Victor Paget, male, aged 36 [born about 1889]; occupation: none
• residence 58 Avenue Road, London

From Ancestry: 1926 Electoral register

1926 Electoral register for [17 Hanover Square, Mayfair, London W1S 1BN 51.514398, -0.144143], England

• Lady Bridget Paget, Husband’s Occupation qualification
• Lord Victor William Paget, Business qualification, Occupation qualification
• residence: [58 Avenue Road, St John's Wood, London NW8 6HT 51.5397335, -0.1706761]

From British Newspaper Archive: Gloucester Journal Saturday, 1 August 1931 Page 1 Decree Nisi for Lady Bridget Paget

Lord Merrivale, in the Divorce Court today, granted a decree nisi with costs to Lady Bridget Paget, of Grove Court, Circus Road, London, on the ground the misconduct of her husband, Lord Victor William Paget, with a German woman. The suit was not defended.

The marriage took place on Wednesday, 29 March 1922, at the Marylebone Register Office, and there are two children. Trouble arose over the association of Lord Victor Paget with other women, and there was a deed of separation in April 1928. Lord Victor took a flat in Ryder-street, where it was alleged he stayed with the woman named.

Lord Merrivale said he was satisfied there was misconduct between Lord Victor Paget and the German woman. The register at the flat in Ryder-street showed that Lord Victor Paget entered his own name and the Berlin address of the woman, which he gave as his own address.

From FreeBMD: Registration of marriage of Victor W. Paget in 1935 and FreeBMD: Registration of marriage of Mavis B. Dawson in 1935

• October to December 1935: Registration of marriage of Mavis B. Dawson and Paget; in Isle of Wight (Volume 2b, Page 1724)
• October to December 1935: Registration of marriage of Victor W. Paget and Dawson; in Isle of Wight (Volume 2b, Page 1724)

From British Newspaper Archive: Portsmouth Evening News Monday, 7 October 1935 Page 13 Lord Victor Paget married at Newport

Captain Lord Victor Paget, M.C., of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues), and brother of the Marquess of Anglesea, was married at Newport Register Office today to Mrs. Mabel Dawson, proprietress of the Starboard Club, Seaview. The bride formerly lived in Elphinstone Road, Southsea.

Mr. V. G, North, of Ryde, Coldstream Guards, acted as best man, and the bride was attended by Mrs. "Tommy" Marriott.

The bride's dress was of deep plum colour, and over it she wore a heavy fur cape. She wore a hat to match her dress with a diamond and sapphire clip, the gift of the bridegroom.

Ryde, following which Lord and Lady Victor Paget left for their honeymoon, which is being spent at a country house at Farnham, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jaye.

In the near future Lady Victor Paget is to pay a visit to Hollywood, in connexion with the scenario she has written.

"I have written a phantasmagoria, going back through the generations, and experts say that Miss Norma Shearer is the only star who can take the role," Lady Victor Paget told our Island correspondent.

From MyHeritage: Elizabeth Cunningham: 1939 Register of England & Wales (transcription only)

29 September 1939 Census for residents of [148 Inverness Terrace, Hallfield Estate, London W2 6JJ 51.5158185, -0.1873593], England

• Elizabeth Cunningham, head, married, female, aged 29, born Wednesday, 20 July 1910
• James M Cunningham, possible relative (implied), single, male, aged 36, born Friday, 13 March 1903; Engineering
• Victor W Paget, married, male, aged 50, born Friday, 17 May 1889; Retired
• Gordon M Maillaud, single, male, aged 23, born Saturday, 12 August 1916; Awaiting appointment with [Hot? H.M.?] Forces

From British Newspaper Archive: Belfast Telegraph Thursday, 14 February 1952 Page 5 Cow-punching Peer's death is announced

Lord Victor William Paget, uncle of the Marquis of Anglesey, died suddenly at Théoule-sur-mer in France, it was announced today. He was 62.

Lord Victor who died on Monday, 11 February 1952, spent some time in Canada, where he "punched cows in the summer months and spent the winter months as a trapper."

He was married three times (the first two were dissolved) and he was twice a bankrupt.

He was also a partner at one time in a flourishing fur business in London, working nine hours a day in a white overall coat designing coats and wraps and using his first-hand knowledge gained as a trapper in advising customers on their selection of furs.

Three marriages

Lord Victor was married first in 1913 to Olive Mary Meatyard — the actress (Miss Olive May) — daughter of Mr. George Meatyard. She died in 1947, the marriage having been dissolved in 1921.

His second wife was the Hon. Bridget Colebrooke, daughter of the first Baron Colebrooke. They were married in 1922 and the union was dissolved ten years later.

In 1935 he was married at Newport (Isle of Wight) register office to Mrs. Mavis Dawson, founder and proprietress at that time of the Star-Board Club, Seaview.

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From thepeerage - Lord Victor William Paget

Lord Victor William Paget, Male, born Friday, 17 May 1889, died Monday, 11 February 1952

Lord Victor William Paget was born on Friday, 17 May 1889. He was the son of Lord Alexander Victor Paget and Hon. Hester Alice Stapleton-Cotton. He married, firstly, Olive Mary Meatyard, daughter of George Meatyard, on Thursday, 16 January 1913. He and Olive Mary Meatyard were divorced in 1921. He married, secondly, Hon. Bridget Colebrooke, daughter of Edward Arthur Colebrooke, 1st and last Baron Colebrooke and Alexandra Harriet Paget, on Wednesday, 29 March 1922. He and Hon. Bridget Colebrooke were divorced in 1932. He married, thirdly, Mavis Crockford, daughter of William Crockford, on Monday, 7 October 1935. He died on Monday, 11 February 1952 at age 62. He fought in the First World War. He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Horse Artillery (Blues.) He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) in 1918.

Children of Lord Victor William Paget and Olive Mary Meatyard

• Peggy Hester Pauline Paget born Tuesday, 18 November 1913
• Henry Alexander Reginald Paget born Friday, 20 November 1914, died Saturday, 1 July 1995

Children of Lord Victor William Paget and Hon. Bridget Colebrooke

• Ann Paget born Saturday, 19 May 1923
• Nicholas David Paget born Thursday, 16 October 1924, died Monday, 28 April 2003

From Ancestry probate

Saturday, 21 November 1953 probate of Lord Victor William Paget of La Batterie, Théoule-sur-Mer, France, who died Monday, 11 February 1952, probate granted (Administration) in London on Saturday, 21 November 1953 to Henry Alexander Reginald Paget, company director. Effects £272 12s. 9d. in England.

Image from Library of Congress - Lord Paget