He joined the Royal Navy on 6 February 1817 and after several years of service was commissioned a lieutenant on 9 February 1825. George Paulet was born on 12 August 1803, the third son of Charles Ingoldsby Paulet, 13th Marquess of Winchester, and his wife, Anne Andrews. 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.
Paulet went on to serve during the Crimean War, commanding a ship during the heavy fighting around the siege of Sevastopol in 1854 and the Battle of Kinburn in 1855. The occupation was later reversed by his commanding officer. 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. He served off the Iberian Peninsula during the Portuguese Liberal Wars and the Spanish First Carlist War, protecting British interests and property. He entered the navy shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars and after some years obtained his own command. George Paulet CB (12 August 1803 – 22 November 1879) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
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