Thomas Paget (MP for Leicestershire)

Thomas Paget (30 December 1778 – 25 November 1862) was a banker and Whig politician in England.

[1] He was born the only son of banker Thomas Paget of Ibstock, Leicestershire and founded the bank of Paget and Kirby in 1825, of which he was senior partner until his death.

[2] He married Anne, the daughter of John Pares of The Newarke, Leicester and Hopwell Hall, Derbyshire and had 2 sons.

His eldest son Thomas and his grandson Guy both served as MPs for constituencies in Leicestershire.

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