page_title: Lord George Paulet
hierarchical_section_title: Lord George Paulet
caption_attribution_description: English: Lord George Paulet (1803–1879), the third son of Charles Paulet, 13th Marquess of Winchester became captain of the Royal Navy 28 December 1841. He put Hawaii under military occupation for six months of 1843. He was promoted to Rear Admiral 21 July 1856, retired in 12 March 1867 and died 22 November 1879.
context_page_description: Admiral Lord George Paulet CB was an officer of the Royal Navy.
  He entered the navy shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars and after some years obtained his own command. He served off the Iberian Peninsula during the Portuguese Liberal Wars and the Spanish First Carlist War, protecting British interests and property. While serving on the Pacific Station he obtained a brief measure of infamy when he occupied the Hawaiian Islands for five months in 1843, in an incident known as the Paulet Affair. The occupation was later reversed by his commanding officer. Paulet went on to serve during the Crimean War, commanding a ship during the heavy fighting around the Siege of Sevastopol in 1854. He received a number of awards after the war, and was promoted through the ranks, until his death in 1879 at the rank of full admiral.
context_section_description: Admiral Lord George Paulet CB (12 August 1803 – 22 November 1879) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
  He entered the navy shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars and after some years obtained his own command. He served off the Iberian Peninsula during the Portuguese Liberal Wars and the Spanish First Carlist War, protecting British interests and property. While serving on the Pacific Station he obtained a brief measure of infamy when he occupied the Hawaiian Islands for five months in 1843, in an incident known as the Paulet Affair. The occupation was later reversed by his commanding officer. Paulet went on to serve during the Crimean War, commanding a ship during the heavy fighting around the Siege of Sevastopol in 1854. He received a number of awards after the war, and was promoted through the ranks, until his death in 1879 at the rank of full admiral.
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