Lord William Powlett (baptized 18 August 1666 – 25 September 1729) was an
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.
He was the younger son of
Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton
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Career
Paulet succeeded his father as the sixth Marquess of ...
, and his second wife,
Mary Scrope
Mary Scrope (died 25 August 1548) was the granddaughter of Henry Scrope, 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton, and the sister of Elizabeth Scrope (d. 1537), wife of John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, and Margaret Scrope (d. 1515), wife of Edmund de la Pol ...
.
Career
Lord William held a number of offices, including:
* Freeman,
Winchester
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1689,
Lymington
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, 1689
*
Deputy Lieutenant for
Hampshire
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, 1689–1729
* Commissioner for assessment, Hampshire and
Yorkshire
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(
West Riding
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), 1689–90
* Captain of militia foot, Winchester, by 1697
*
Recorder
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,
Grimsby
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, 1699–1729
* Justice of the Peace, Hampshire and Lincolnshire, 1699–1729
* Mayor of
Lymington
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, Hampshire, 1701–5, 1724–5, 1728–1729
* Keeper of Rhinefield walk,
New Forest
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, 1718–1729
* Farmer of green-wax fines, 1690–1706
*
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, 1714–1729
He served as
Member of Parliament
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for
Winchester
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from 1689 to 1710, for
Lymington
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from 1710 to 1715 and for Winchester from 1715 until his death in 1729. Lord William became
Father of the House of Commons
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in 1724, on the demise of
Richard Vaughan, the member for
Carmarthen
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.
Marriages and issue
William Powlett married twice:
* His first wife was Louisa, daughter of Armand-Nompar de Caumont, Marquis de Montpouillon, and granddaughter of
Henri-Nompar de Caumont, 3rd Duc de La Force, by whom he had two sons and two daughters:
:*
William Powlett, c. 1693 – February 1757, married Lady Annabella Bennet, daughter of :
Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville
Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville (1674 – 21 May 1722), known as The Lord Ossulston between 1695 and 1714, was a British peer.
Background
Tankerville was the son of the book collector Bridget Bennett and John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston.
...
and had issue
:* Maj. Gen. Sir
Charles Armand Powlett, died 1751
:* Mary Powlett (died 15 August 1718), married on 25 June 1714
Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse
Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse (1702 – 21 June 1741), Freemason and a founder-member of the Hell-Fire Club, 2nd Viscount Rosse of Bellamont co. Dublin, Baron Oxmantown, 3rd baronet.
Early life
An Irish peer, he was born at Twickenham, Mid ...
:* Jane Powlett
* He married as his second wife, Anne Egerton (died 1737) in October 1699, by whom he had one daughter:
:* Henrietta Powlett (died 1755), married
William Townshend (died 1738)
Death
He died on 25 September 1729, in his 63rd year, through a fall from his horse when riding in
Hyde Park, London
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. Both his sons sat for various Hampshire
boroughs
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History
In the Middle Ag ...
as
Whigs under
George II George II or 2 may refer to:
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Footnotes
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External links
POWLETT, Lord William (1667–1729), of Chilbolton, Hants and Marrick Priory, Yorks.A biography
Family tree
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ttp://www.parliament.uk/about/how/guides/factsheets/members-elections/m03/ The Father of the House
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