Anglesey in Ireland, 1828 to 1833

Worse than War

Síle McGuckian

“One can barely turn a corner in London without being reminded that one of the great imperial heroes of Britain, whose name adorns so many parts of that city, was a Dubliner. [...] Fighting alongside Wellington at Waterloo was Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, who had his leg blown off by one of the final cannonballs fired during the battle. 'One-leg', as he was then known, was later appointed lord lieutenant of Ireland by the Iron Duke himself. [Anglesey’s] career as lord lieutenant, an office he held on two separate occasions, undermines many assumptions that we may have about the Crown's representatives in Ireland and is covered in Síle McGuckian's Worse than war: Anglesey in Ireland, 1828-33.” Daragh Fitzgerald, History Ireland, July/August 2026