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The Marquess of Anglesey's Column (also known as Anglesey Column or by the Welsh name Tŵr Marcwis) is a Doric column near the Menai Strait in Wales. It is dedicated to Henry William Paget (the first Marquess of Anglesey) to commemorate his valour in the Napoleonic Wars. The column is a Grade II* listed building. [1]
The Marquess of Anglesey's Column at Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. At the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, Paget raised a regiment of Staffordshire volunteers and was given the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel-commandant in December 1793.
Marquess of Anglesey is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge , a hero of the Battle of Waterloo , second in command to the Duke of Wellington .
In recognition of his heroism he was created the first Marquess of Anglesey, although he lost a leg from one of the last cannon shots of the day. [7] The following year the 27 metre column was raised in his honour, sited to the north of Plas Newydd.
This is a list of public art in Anglesey, Wales. ... Marquess of Anglesey's Column: Llanfairpwll: Column 1817; sculpture 1860.
The 18th century diamond piece of approximately 300 carats was worn to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II’s coronations by members of the Marquess of Anglesey family, who had it in their ...
6th Marquess of Anglesey 7th Earl of Uxbridge 15th Baron Paget 9th Baronet: Victoria Marjorie Harriet 1883–1946: Elizabeth Shirley Vaughan 1924–2017:
Marquess of Anglesey's Column; R. Rayner Memorial Clock Tower This page was last edited on 9 December 2016, at 17:22 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...