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Jane Austen once wrote "What can be expected of a Paget born & brought up in the centre of conjugal Infidelity & Divorces? I abhor all the race of Pagets" in reference to one of this man's daughters (letter of March 13th 1817). Churchh 10:16, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The scandal of his divorce and remarriage deserves much more than the present parenthetical phrase (ODNB has two paragraphs). Septentrionalis PMAnderson 07:02, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why are there so many portrait images all clumped up at the top of the article? Shouldn't they be spaced more evenly... Churchh (talk) 22:12, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note, I put in the addition of the monument because I found it to be relevant. I grew up in Ruabon and have family in Anglesey, 'the column' in Ruabon is a well known local landmark. It's history is recounted in a book of which I forget the name, I believe it is called something like 'The history of Ruabon' or somesuch. Suffice to say, the link between the Marquis' tower in Anglesey and 'the column' is a widely known fact in Ruabon and Anglesey. By all accounts, if you stand on the top of one, you can see the other in the distance, but I believe that to be just a story. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.32.52 (talk) 00:11, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

he lost part of one leg to a cannonball.

"At the end of the battle, he lost part of one leg to a cannonball."

This statement is inaccurate. As the article later states, Uxbridge's knee was shattered by a sub-munition from an artillery round generally referred to as 'grapeshot,' which was distinct from a cannonball, more properly referred to as 'round shot', which being larger and heavier might well have removed part of a leg. However, it was not until Uxbridge had been carried back to his quarters that it was decided his leg should be amputated above the knee (arguable 'most of one leg'). JF42 (talk) 23:13, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"By God, sir, I've lost my leg!"

"According to anecdote, he was close to Wellington when his leg was hit, and exclaimed, "By God, sir, I've lost my leg!" "

There are more contemporary references to the exchange between Uxbridge and Wellington, none of which contain the words quoted in the present newspaper reference. The closest in words is that given by Lord Fitzroy Somerset, twenty three years after the event in 1838, quoted in the journal of Charles Greville: "When Lord Anglesey [Uxbridge] was shot he turned to the Duke and said, “By God, I have lost my leg.” The Duke replied, “Have you? By God." " Somerset was not present when Uxbridge was wounded.

More contemporary, and perhaps more convincing is that given in the diary of J.W.Croker on 8th December 1818 quoting Horace Seymour, who was next to Uxbridge when he was hit and helped move the wounded general from the field: "Rode with Horace Seymour. He was next to Lord Uxbridge when he was shot; he cried out: “I have got it at last.” And the Duke of Wellington only replied: “No? Have you, by God?"

Both references are from <waterloo200.org/wp-content/uploads/.../Wellington_and_Uxbridge.pdf> JF42 (talk) 23:27, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]