Blog entry
A Notorious Regency Beau
Posted February 2, 2021
If he were around today, Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge and 1st Marquess of Anglesey, would probably feature regularly in the supermarket tabloids.
The Regency beau and dashing cavalry officer is perhaps best known for his (probably apocryphal) exchange with the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo. The two of them were viewing the battlefield when a cannonball came flying at them.
Paget looked down and said, “By God, I’ve lost a leg!”
Wellington looked down and said, “By God, so you have.”
