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William Poulett (other)
William Poulett may refer to: * 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 o ... (1827–1899), English peer, landowner, army officer, and racehorse owner * William Poulett, 7th Earl Poulett (1883–1918), English peer and British Army officer See also * William Paulet (other) {{hndis, Poulett, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...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 of Viscount Hinton until on the death of his father in 1899 when he inherited the earldom of Poulett and an estate at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
