Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Earl of Anglesey, c. 1900
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>… notable during his short life for squandering his inheritance on a lavish social life and accumulating massive debts. […] he “seems only to have existed for the purpose of giving a melancholy and unneeded illustration of the truth that a man with the finest prospects, may, by the wildest folly and extravagance, as Sir Thomas Browne says, ‘foully miscarry in the advantage of humanity, play away an uniterable life, and have lived in vain.'”
Interesting character. I thought it was a Frank Zappa cover.
Shortly before he attempted to jump the Grand Canyon on a motorbike.
Photographed by Welsh photographer John Wickens. Born in 1875, Paget squandered a fortune on costumes and jewelry and parties and by 1904 was deeply in debt, to the tune of 60 million pounds (in 2021 money). He died the following year, three months before his 30th birthday.
Paget was known as the ‘dancing marquess’ and was fond of Butterfly Dancing, taking a cue from American dancer Loie Fuller.
how they never made a movie about this guy ?
Hes not gay at all
That is a mood
Got Frank Zappa vibes going on…
I imagine him springing up after the photo was taken, and doing a “Sassy snap” of his fingers.
He be only the 5th Earl of Anglesey but he’s the 1st Earl of Fabulous.
‟That’s a terrible picture of Freddy Mercury!” My thoughts as a quickly scorlld through my feed.
I love this guy.
He should be the patron saint of r/OldSchoolCool
CORRECTION: that should read 5th *Marquess* of Anglesey. I’m not an aristocrat, what do I know about titles? But if I make a mistake, I own it. 🙂
Stupid Sexy Earl.
THAT is one magnificent motherfucker!
He was quite…fabulous…
Thought this was another persian princess
That’s one funky outfit
Hey! I’ve seen this guy before! He was in Flash Gordon!
We should all get to feel this fabulous at least once in our lives.
That guy threw some crazy parties
Those Beatles outfits got WILD
Is that Adam Driver?
Back when men were men!
The Ancestral Father Of All Progressive, Arena, and Hair Rock/Metal Bands.
Get that man a motorcycle!
##Huzzah!
That is a man about tell me how pathetically small my katamari is.
He would have loved the funkadelic scene.
This guy fucks.
He could have taught Prince a thing or two!!
He was noted as “The most notorious homosexual of this period” despite there being no actual evidence left of him being queer. He never consummated his marriage and his family destroyed all of his journals & belongings. It’s a shame he was basically erased from history for being himself because he was apparently well-loved.
Freddy Mercury the 1st
He needs a t-shirt that states – mustache rides 1 shilling.
Looks like a background dancer for ABBA.
You think that’s why he spent all of his fortune? Knowing he was going to die young?
As an Anglesey resident, loved learning about this fella a year back when visiting Plas Newydd.
The best musical I ever saw was about Henry Cyril Paget. It’s called How to Win Against History, it played at the Edinburgh Fringe festival a few years ago, and if you ever get the chance to see it, do not miss out on it. It’s so wonderful and chaotic and hilarious and tragic. The full soundtrack is on Spotify, but it really is best to see it live, but I feel like it’s not going to be staged by the writer again any time soon.
He’s pretty fly for a white guy
There is so much ‘IDGAF’ in this photo.
Looks like a rock guy from the 70s.
he was a rogue, a scoundrel, a welcher, a drunkard, and a foppish dandy, who cared not one whit for the ladies
*BUT HE WAS THE TOAST OF PAREE
Back when men were MEN
Honestly, if I was an Earl, I’d go around like this too. Be as ridiculous as possible, which is what aristocracy is at the end of the day.
That dude would’ve loved the 80s
I just cannot look at this and not think it wasn’t taken for a psychedelic album in 1968. It’s unbelievable.
TIL that Freddie Mercury is actually a vampire who has to stage his own death every so often to avoid being outed.