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Poulett Family
Poulett is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Anne Poulett (1711–1785), fourth son of John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett, was a British Member of Parliament * George Poulett, 8th Earl Poulett (1909–1973), English peer, landowner, and a member of the House of Lord * John Poulett (other), multiple people, including: **John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett, (1585–1649), English sailor and politician who sat in the House of Commons ** John Poulett, 2nd Baron Poulett, (1615–1665), English peer and Member of Parliament ** John Poulett, 3rd Baron Poulett (c. 1641 – 1679), English peer **John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett (1663–1743), English peer, the son of John Poulett, 3rd Baron Poulett ** John Poulett, 2nd Earl Poulett (1708–1764), English peer, known as Viscount Hinton from birth until 1743 **John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett (1756–1819), English peer and militia officer ** John Poulett, 5th Earl Poulett (1783–1864), English peer and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Poulett
The Honourable Anne Poulett (11 July 1711 – 5 July 1785) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for sixteen years from 1769 until his death in 1785. Poulett was the fourth son of John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett and was born on 11 July 1711. He received his unusual first name in honour of Queen Anne, who was his sponsor at his baptism. Poulett initially stood for election at Bridgwater in the 1768 general election, and although he was initially declared defeated the result was reversed on petition in 1769. He was returned unopposed in the 1774 general election and headed the poll at contested elections in 1780 and 1784. Throughout his career he was generally a supporter of Lord North, though occasionally voting against him. In 1780 Poulett presented to St Mary's Church in Bridgwater a magnificent 17th-century painting of ''The Descent from the Cross'', apparently captured when a Spanish warship was taken as a prize. The artist is unknown, although it has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vere Poulett
Lieutenant-General The Honourable Vere Poulett (May 1761-15 March 1812), was a British soldier and politician. Poulett was a younger son of Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett, and Mary, daughter of Richard Butt. He was returned to parliament for Bridgewater in 1790, a seat he held until 1796 and again between 1806 and 1807. Poulett married Anne Lucy (née Becher). They had one son and five daughters. One of their daughters, Anne Lucy Poulett, was the wife of George Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent
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Poulet
Poulet is a French surname, meaning chicken. Notable people with the name include: * Anne Poulet (born 1942), American art historian * Gaston Poulet (1892–1974), French violinist and conductor * Georges Poulet (1902–1991), Belgian literary critic * J. Poulet (fl. 1811–1818), English cricketer * Olivia Poulet (born 1978), English actress and screenwriter * Paul Poulet (1887–1946), Belgian mathematician * Quentin Poulet (fl. 1477–1506), Burgundian Catholic priest, scribe, illuminator, and librarian * Robert Poulet (1893–1989), Belgian writer, literary critic and journalist * William Poulet (publisher), pseudonym used by Jean-Paul Wayenborgh to write his History of Spectacles "Die Brille" * Auguste Poulet-Malassis (1825–1878), French printer and publisher See also * Poulett Poulett is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Anne Poulett (1711–1785), fourth son of John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett, was a British Member of Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Poulett
Earl Poulett ''(pronounced "Paulett")'' was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1706 for John Poulett, 4th Baron Poulett. The Poulett family descended from Sir Anthony Paulet, son of Sir Amias Paulet, who served as Governor of Jersey and as Captain of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth I. The ancestral family seat was Hinton House in the village of Hinton St George, Somerset. His eldest son Sir John Poulett represented Somerset and Lyme Regis in the House of Commons. In 1627 he was raised to the Peerage of England as Baron Poulett, of Hinton St George in the County of Somerset. Lord Poulett later supported the Royalist cause in the Civil War. The first Baron’s son, John Poulett (1615–1665) was a Member of Parliament for Stamford and fought as a Royalist Officer in the Civil War. On his father’s death in 1649 he succeeded as second baron. His son, the third Baron, represented Somerset in Parliament and also served as Lord-Lieutenant of Dorset. He was suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poulett Somerset
Colonel Poulett George Henry Somerset CB (19 June 1822 – 7 September 1875) was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician. Biography Somerset was the eldest son of Lord Charles Somerset by his second wife, Lady Mary Poulett, Somerset was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1839. On 15 April 1847, he married Barbara Augusta Norah Mytton (d. 4 June 1870), the daughter of John Mytton, by whom he had two sons and a daughter: *Cecily Mary Caroline Somerset (20 November 1852 – 30 December 1862) *Vere Francis John Somerset (20 December 1854 – 10 October 1909), married Annette Katherine Hill and had issue *Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset (23 August 1860 – 28 July 1925), married and had issue Somerset served as an aide-de-camp to his uncle, Lord Raglan, during the Crimean War. He fought at the Alma, Balaclava, and Inkermann. At Inkermann, his horse was killed under him by a shell. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Poulett, 7th Earl Poulett
William John Lydston Poulett, 7th Earl Poulett (11 September 1883 – 11 July 1918) was an English peer and British Army officer. Educated at Cheltenham College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he was the son of William Poulett, 6th Earl Poulett, by his third wife, Rosa, a daughter of Alfred Hugh de Melville."POULETT, 7th Earl" in ''Who Was Who'', online edition by Oxford University Press, 2014, accessed 3 August 2016 He was known by the courtesy title of Viscount Hinton until on the death of his father in 1899 when he inherited the earldom of Poulett and an estate at |
William Poulett, 6th Earl Poulett
William Henry Poulett, 6th Earl Poulett (22 September 1827 – 22 January 1899) was an English peer, landowner, army officer, and racehorse owner. In the House of Lords he was a Conservative. Early life When Poulett was born in 1827, his chance of inheriting the family estates seemed remote. He was the third son of Vice-Admiral the Hon. George Poulett RN (1786–1854), who was the second son of the 4th Earl and the brother of the 5th Earl, who already had three sons. His mother, Catherine Poulett, was a daughter of Sir George Dallas, 1st Baronet.''Burke's Peerage'', volume 2 (2003), p. 3203 He joined the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot in 1840 and was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, passing out in 1842. Commissioned into the 54th Regiment, in 1846 he transferred to the 2nd Queen’s Royals, then from 1852 to 1857 was with the 22nd Regiment in India, taking part in the British expedition from Peshawar to the Boroe Valley in 1853, and was with Brigadier-G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Poulett (other)
William Poulett may refer to: * William Poulett, 6th Earl Poulett (1827–1899), English peer, landowner, army officer, and racehorse owner * William Poulett, 7th Earl Poulett William John Lydston Poulett, 7th Earl Poulett (11 September 1883 – 11 July 1918) was an English peer and British Army officer. Educated at Cheltenham College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he was the son of William Poulett, 6th Earl Poulett, b ... (1883–1918), English peer and British Army officer See also * William Paulet (other) {{hndis, Poulett, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett
Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett (18 May 1710 – 14 April 1788), styled The Honourable Vere Poulett until 1764, was an English peer. Poulett was the son of John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett, and Bridget Bertie, daughter of Peregrine Bertie. He was the brother of John Poulett, 2nd Earl Poulett, Peregrine Poulett and Anne Poulett, and was educated at Taunton Grammar School. He was returned to parliament for Bridgwater in 1741, a seat he held until 1747. He succeeded his elder brother in the earldom in 1764. In 1771 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Devon, which he remained until his death. Lord Poulett married Mary Butt, daughter of Richard Butt, of Arlington, Gloucestershire. Their younger son the Honourable Vere Poulett was a soldier and politician. Lord Poulett died in April 1788, aged 77, and was succeeded in the earldom by his elder son, John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Poulett, 5th Earl Poulett
Colonel John Poulett, 5th Earl Poulett (5 July 1783 – 1864), styled Viscount Hinton from 1788 to 1819, was an English peer and militia officer. Educated at Harrow and Brasenose College, Oxford, Hinton was commissioned a captain in the 1st Somerset Militia in 1801. His father was made colonel of that regiment in 1803, and on 20 September 1804, Hinton himself became colonel of the 2nd Somerset Militia, and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Somerset on 10 January 1805. Upon the death of his father in January 1819, he succeeded to the title of Earl Poulett, and also succeeded his father as colonel of the 1st Somersetshire Militia. He commanded the regiment until 1852, when he was succeeded by his son Vere Poulett, Viscount Hinton. Poulett married Frances Charlotte, daughter of Henry Berkeley Portman, on 21 August 1820, by whom he had three sons, all of whom predeceased him: *John Rolle Poulett, Viscount Hinton (8 June 1821 – 18 August 1843), Grenadier Guards "Shamed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Poulett, 8th Earl Poulett
George Amias FitzWarrine Poulett, 8th Earl Poulett (23 June 1909 – 1 March 1973) was an English peer and landowner, a member of the House of Lords for more than forty years, and the last Earl Poulett. Educated at Eton,"POULETT, 8th Earl" in ''Who Was Who'', online edition by Oxford University Press, 2014, accessed 3 August 2016 (subscription site) he lived at Hinton House, , , the centre of a large estate inherited from his father, |
John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett
John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett, KT (3 April 1756 – 14 January 1819), styled Viscount Hinton between 1764 and 1788, was a British peer and militia officer. Poulett was the son of Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett, by Mary Butt, daughter of Richard Butt, of Arlington, Gloucestershire. From 22 January 1779 until 1798 he was Colonel of the East Devon Militia, which was on active service in home defence until 1783. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1788. In 1792 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Somerset, a post he held until his death. He was also a Recorder of Bridgwater. The East Devon Militia was again embodied, under his colonelcy, for active service in March 1794, and he was also commissioned colonel of the Somersetshire Fencible Cavalry. On 30 May, he was invested a Knight of the Thistle. He was appointed a Lord of the Bedchamber to George III on 19 November 1795, an office he held until his death. When the colonel of the 1st Somerset Militia died, Poulett as lord li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
