Lady Adelaide Cadogan


Lady Adelaide Cadogan née Paget, was a British noblewoman and prodigious authoress, most noted for her seminal work on plays and card games.

Biography

Lady Adelaide Paget was born in 1820. She was the daughter of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey and Lady Charlotte Paget, née Cadogan. She was one of the train-bearers to Queen Victoria at the 1838 coronation.
She married the Honourable Frederick William Cadogan.
Lady Adelaide's Illustrated Games of Patience is believed to be the first ever compendium on patience games. Originally published around 1870, it ran through many editions and is still reprinted today. In England, a 'Cadogan' has come to be a used as a term for any book on patience games.

Selected works