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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 .
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]
St. Mark, Parkdale was set apart as an independent parish on July 1, 1876. [1] Prior to this the area had been part of St. Anne's parish. The first services were held on December 16, 1877 in a small frame building built on the church's present site on Cowan Avenue, below Queen Street.
George Charles Henry Victor Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey DL, FSA, FRHistS, FRSL (8 October 1922 – 13 July 2013), [1] styled Earl of Uxbridge until 1947, was a British peer and a military historian.
Also known as the "First Toronto Post Office" (it was the fourth post office in York, but the first one to serve the settlement when it became Toronto in 1834), it is one of the earliest surviving examples in Canada of a building purpose-built as a post office; typical of small, early 19th-century public buildings, combining public offices and ...
The Princes' Gates is a triumphal arch and a monumental gateway at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Made out of cement and stone, the triumphal arch is flanked by colonnades on both of its sides, with curved pylons at both ends.
In 1912, she married Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey, a British peer, farmer, and soldier, and thereby became the Marchioness of Anglesey. [6] Their wedding was performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. [7] They had six children: [1] Lady Alexandra Mary Cecilia Caroline Paget (1913–1973), who married Sir Michael Duff, 3rd Baronet;
Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, [1] KG, KP, PC, PC (Ire) (20 June 1760 – 26 September 1842) was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator.He was styled as Viscount Wellesley until 1781, when he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Mornington.