Sir William Pulteney (25 March 1624 – 6 September 1691) was an English

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. He represented

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from February 1679 to March 1681 and then from January 1689 until his death. His children included: * Colonel William Pulteney (died 1715), father of

William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, (22 March 16847 July 1764) was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1707 to 1742, when he was created the first Earl of Bath by King George II. Bath is sometimes stated to have b ...

and

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(died 1726), father of

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and grandfather of

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* Anne Pulteney (died 1746), who married

Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland Charles Palmer, later Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, 1st Duke of Southampton, KG, Chief Butler of England (18 June 1662 – 9 September 1730), styled Baron Limerick before 1670 and Earl of Southampton between 1670 and 1675 and known as T ...

; their great-grandson

William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland William Henry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland, KG (27 July 1766 – 29 January 1842), styled Viscount Barnard until 1792 and known as The Earl of Darlington between 1792 and 1827 and as The Marquess of Cleveland between 1827 and 1833, was a Britis ...

was the eventual heir to the Pulteney estates in Bath.

References

* * http://thepeerage.com/p10841.htm#i108410 {{DEFAULTSORT:Pulteney, William 1624 births 1691 deaths English MPs 1679 English MPs 1680–1681 English MPs 1689–1690 English MPs 1690–1695