Paulet, variant spelling Powlett, is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Amias Paulet
Sir Amias Paulet (1532 – 26 September 1588) of Hinton St. George, Somerset, was an English diplomat, Governor of Jersey, and the gaoler for a period of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Origins
He was the son of Sir Hugh Paulet of Hinton St Georg ...
(1532–1588), English diplomat
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Anthony Paulet
Sir Anthony Paulet (1562–1600) of Hinton St George, Somerset, was Governor of Jersey from 1588 until his death in 1600.
Origins
He was born at Hinton St George, Somerset the eldest son of Sir Amias Paulet (1532–1588) by his wife Margaret He ...
(1562–1600), Governor of the Isle of Jersey (1588–1600)
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Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton
Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton (c. 1630 – 27 February 1699), was an English nobleman, the son of John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester, and his first wife, Jane Savage.
Career
Paulet succeeded his father as the sixth Marquess of ...
(c. 1625 – 1699)
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Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton
Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton (1661 – 21 January 1722) was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Member of Parliament for Hampshire and a supporter of William III of Orange.
Life
He was the son of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, and Mary S ...
(1661–1722)
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Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton
Charles Powlett (sometimes spelled Paulet), 3rd Duke of Bolton (3 September 168526 August 1754), styled Earl of Wiltshire from 1685 until 1699, and Marquess of Winchester from 1699 until 1722, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat ...
(1685–1754)
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Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton
Lieutenant-general Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton (c. 1718 – 5 July 1765), styled Marquess of Winchester from 1754 to 1759, was a British soldier, nobleman and Whig politician.
Early life
He was the eldest son of Harry Powlett, 4th Du ...
(1718–1765)
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Charles Powlett
The Reverend Charles Powlett (1728 – 29 January 1809) was a noted patron of English cricket who has been described as the mainstay, if not the actual founder, of the Hambledon Club.Ashley-Cooper, p. 155. Powlett held an important position in t ...
(1728–1809), English clergyman and cricket administrator
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Charles Paulet, 13th Marquess of Winchester
Charles Ingoldsby Burroughs-Paulet, 13th Marquess of Winchester PC (27 January 1764 – 29 November 1843) was a British peer and courtier, styled Earl of Wiltshire from 1794 until 1800.
Life
Baptized as Charles Ingoldsby Paulet, he was the el ...
(1764–1843)
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Charles Armand Powlett (c. 1694 – 1751), British soldier
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Christopher Paulet, Earl of Wiltshire
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει ...
(born 1969)
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Frederick Powlett (1811–1865), Australian politician and cricket administrator
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George Paulet (1553–1608) (died 1608), English soldier
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George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester
George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester (7 June 1722 – 22 April 1800), known as George Paulet or Powlett until 1794, was an English courtier and nobleman.
Early life
Paulet was the eighth and youngest son of Norton Powlett or Paulet (d. 174 ...
(1722–1800), English courtier
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Lord George Paulet
George Paulet CB (12 August 1803 – 22 November 1879) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
He entered the navy shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars and after some years obtained his own command. He served off the Iberian Peninsula durin ...
(1803–1879), officer in the Royal Navy
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Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland
Harry George Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland (19 April 1803 – 21 August 1891), styled The Honourable Harry Vane until 1827 and Lord Harry Vane from 1827 to 1864, who in 1864 adopted by Royal Licence the surname and arms of Powlett in lieu of Va ...
(1803–1891)
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Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton
Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton PC (24 July 1691 – 9 October 1759), known until 1754 as Lord Harry Powlett, was a British nobleman and Whig politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1754, when he took his seat in the House of ...
(1691–1759)
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Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton
Admiral Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton PC (6 November 1720 – 25 December 1794) was a British nobleman and naval officer.
Origins
He was the second son of Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton by his wife Catherine Parry.
Career
He was educa ...
(1720–1794)
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Henry Paulet
Lord Henry Paulet KCB (31 March 1767 – 28 January 1832) was an officer in the Royal Navy who saw service in the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Born into the British nobility as a younger son o ...
(1767–1832), Royal Navy vice-admiral
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Henry Powlett, 3rd Baron Bayning
Henry William-Powlett, 3rd Baron Bayning (8 June 1797 – 5 August 1866), styled The Honourable until 1823, was a British peer and clergyman.
Background
Born Henry Townshend in London, he was the second son of Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning, ...
(1797–1866)
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John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester
John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester ( – 4 November 1576), styled The Honourable John Paulet between 1539 and 1550, Lord St John between 1550 and 1551 and Earl of Wiltshire between 1551 and 1555, was an English peer. He was the eldest son ...
(c. 1510 – 1576)
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John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester
John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester (c. 1598 – 5 March 1675), styled Lord John Paulet until 1621 and Lord St John from 1621 to 1628, was the third but eldest surviving son of William Paulet and his successor as 5th Marquess of Winchester. ...
(c. 1598 – 1675)
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Jean-Jacques Paulet
Jean-Jacques Paulet (26 April 1740 – 4 August 1826) was a French mycologist.
Paulet was born in Anduze, France and studied medicine in Montpellier, where he received his PhD in March 1764. He published in Paris in 1765 a book titled ''d’Histo ...
(1740–1826), French mycologist
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Iozefina Păuleţ
Iozefina Werle ( Păuleţ, born 19 February 1989) is a Romania-born Netherlands, Dutch chess player (since 2012) who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2009).
Biography
Păuleţ repeatedly represented Romania at the European Youth C ...
(born 1989), Romanian and Dutch women chess grandmaster
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Lord Nassau Powlett
Lord Nassau Powlett (23 June 1698 – 24 August 1741) was an English army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1720 to 1734 and in 1741.
Powlett was the only son of Charles Powlett, 2nd Duke of Bolton by his third wife H ...
(1698–1741), English nobleman and politician
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Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester
Nigel ( ) is an English masculine given name.
The English ''Nigel'' is commonly found in records dating from the Middle Ages; however, it was not used much before being revived by 19th-century antiquarians. For instance, Walter Scott published ...
(born 1941)
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Pedro Paulet
Pedro Eleodoro Paulet Mostajo (2 July 1874 or 4 July 1875 – 30 January 1945) was a Peruvian polymath – variously serving as an architect, diplomat, engineer and journalist. He claimed to have been the first person to build a liquid-propellant ...
(1874–1945), Peruvian scientist
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Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton
Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton PC (30 August 1746 – 30 July 1807) was an English politician. He was also an amateur etcher, and a cartoonist.
Life
Born Thomas Orde, he was son of John Orde of Morpeth, Northumberland. He was educated ...
(1740–1807)
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William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester
William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester (c. 1483/1485 – 10 March 1572), styled Lord St John between 1539 and 1550 and Earl of Wiltshire between 1550 and 1551, was an English Lord High Treasurer, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and statesma ...
(c. 1483 – 1572), English statesman
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William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester
William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester ( – 24 November 1598) was an English nobleman, the son of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester and his first wife, Elizabeth Willoughby. His maternal grandfather was Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron ...
(1532–1598)
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William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester
William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester (bef. 1560 – 4 February 1629) was an English nobleman, the son of William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester and Anne or Agnes Howard. He was styled Lord St. John from 1576 to 1598. He was summone ...
(c. 1560 – 1628)
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William Paulet, Lord St John
Marquess of Winchester is a title in the Peerage of England that was created in 1551 for the prominent statesman William Paulet, 1st Earl of Wiltshire. It is the oldest of six surviving English marquessates; therefore its holder is considered ...
(c. 1587 – 1621)
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William Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton
William George Algar Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton JP DL (21 August 1869 – 11 December 1944) was a British peer and Conservative Party politician.
Early life
Orde-Powlett was born on 21 August 1869. He was the eldest son of William Or ...
(1869–1944)
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Lord William Paulet
Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal Lord William Paulet, (7 July 1804 – 9 May 1893) was a senior British Army officer. During the Crimean War he served as Assistant Adjutant-General of the Cavalry Division, under George Bingham, 3 ...
(1804–1893), British Army officer
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Lord William Powlett
Lord William Powlett (baptized 18 August 1666 – 25 September 1729) was an English Member of Parliament.
He was the younger son of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, and his second wife, Mary Scrope.
Career
Lord William held a number of of ...
(c. 1667 – 1729), English MP for Winchester 1689–1710
See also
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Pawlett, Somerset, a village in the West of England
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Paulet Island
Paulet Island is a circular island about in diameter, lying south-east of Dundee Island, off the north-eastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula. Because of its large penguin colony, it is a popular destination for sightseeing tours.
Descripti ...
, island located off Graham Land Peninsula in Antarctica
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Paulet Affair
The Paulet affair, also known as British Hawaii, was the unofficial five-month 1843 occupation of the Hawaiian Islands by British naval officer Captain Lord George Paulet, of . It was ended by the arrival of American warships sent to defend Ha ...
, 1843 incident in which the
namesake British naval officer occupied Hawaii for five months
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Powlett River, in Victoria, Australia
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