John Poulett, 2nd Baron Poulett DL (1615 – 15 September 1665), of

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, was an English peer and

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who fought on the

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side during the

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. The son of

John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett (1585 – 20 March 1649), of Hinton St George, Somerset, was an English sailor and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1610 and 1621 and was later raised to the peerage. Origins Poulett was the s ...

(1585–1649), he was knighted in 1635 and elected to the

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as Member for

in 1640, but was ejected for his Royalist sympathies in 1642. In 1643 he was awarded the degree of

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. During the war he first commanded a regiment in Munster, but after peace was temporarily concluded in Ireland brought his troops to England, where they formed part of the garrison of

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until it surrendered. His first marriage was to Catherine, daughter of Lord Vere and widow of Oliver St John, which proved fortunate as her sister was married to the Parliamentary leader

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: at the end of the war Poulett was fined £9,400 for his activities, but he was discharged having paid only £1,800 "out of respect to the Lord General". File:Circle of Robert Peake, John 2nd Baron Poulett.jpg, John Poulett, later 2nd Baron Poulett, as a young man File:Marquess of Winchester COA.svg, Arms of Poulett: ''Sable, three swords pilewise points in base proper pomels and hilts or'' Sir John succeeded his father in the peerage in 1649. He went into exile abroad in 1658, but returned after the

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* * * * , - 1615 births 1665 deaths 2 Deputy Lieutenants of Somerset English MPs 1640–1648 Cavaliers Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Burials at the Poulett mausoleum, Church of St George (Hinton St George) John, 2nd Baron {{17thC-England-MP-stub