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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]
Marquess of Anglesey's Column: Llanfairpwll: Column 1817; sculpture 1860. Thomas Harrison, architect; Matthew Noble, sculptor. Statue and column: Brass and marble: 27m high Grade II* Q17742135 [7] [18] [19] [20] Britannia Bridge builders' memorial Church of St Mary, Llanfairpwll: 1850: Obelisk on octagonal plinth: Limestone: Grade II: Q29497041 ...
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 .
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 ...
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.
6th Marquess of Anglesey 7th Earl of Uxbridge 15th Baron Paget 9th Baronet: Victoria Marjorie Harriet 1883–1946: Elizabeth Shirley Vaughan 1924–2017:
The following year the 27 metre column was raised in his honour, sited to the north of Plas Newydd. [8] At the end of the 19th century Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey inherited the family seat, which he renamed Anglesey Castle.
Charles Paget, 8th Marquess of Anglesey This page was last edited on 16 July 2021, at 21:50 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...