Researching Cecil Paget
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1596 people with the Paget surname? In that year Paget was ranked number 2101 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Cecil means "Blind" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Cecil Paget on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Cecil Paget and the Paget Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 2197 people with the Paget surname in the UK? Paget is now ranked number 2227 for popularity in the UK. |
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Cecil Paget
Sir Cecil Walter Paget (19 October 1874 – 9 December 1936), was an English locomotive engineer and railway administrator. Cecil Paget was the son of Sir George Ernest Paget, Chairman of the Midland Railway Company (MR) 1890-1911.
He was born in Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire, educated at Harrow and Pembroke College, Cambridge, and then joined the MR as an engineering pupil of S. W. Johnson, the company's Locomotive Superintendent. Paget rose quickly to become Works Manager at the main Derby Works from 1904, under Johnson's successor R. M. Deeley. He was also Deeley's deputy.
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