He spent the family fortune, mortgaged the mansions and ended up with debts of around £60 million pounds in today’s money. Why do we not know more about his life? I stumbled across Henry Paget, the 5th Marquess of Anglesey, last week when I was trawling through Youtube documentaries about Edwardian Britain. He was only mentioned briefly, a vignette between stuffy interviews with the Dukes and Earls of early 90s Britain. The stories I’ve been able to find about him since mainly focus on his wealth and his debts. So let us start there…
The Dancing Marquess
The Dancing Marquess
The Dancing Marquess
He spent the family fortune, mortgaged the mansions and ended up with debts of around £60 million pounds in today’s money. Why do we not know more about his life? I stumbled across Henry Paget, the 5th Marquess of Anglesey, last week when I was trawling through Youtube documentaries about Edwardian Britain. He was only mentioned briefly, a vignette between stuffy interviews with the Dukes and Earls of early 90s Britain. The stories I’ve been able to find about him since mainly focus on his wealth and his debts. So let us start there…