John Paulet, 14th Marquess of Winchester
John Paulet, 14th Marquess of Winchester (3 June 1801 – 4 July 1887), styled Earl of Wiltshire until 1843, was a British peer and soldier.
Life[edit]
Born at Amport House in 1801 as the eldest son of the 13th Marquess of Winchester, he was educated at Eton.[1] On 10 April 1817, he was commissioned a cornet in the 10th Light Dragoons,[2] bought a lieutenancy on 16 November 1820,[3] and a captaincy in the 35th Regiment of Foot on 12 June 1823.[4] He exchanged into the 8th Hussars the same year. On 9 June 1826, he bought a majority in the regiment (Lord Brudenell, later Lord Cardigan, got his captaincy),[5] and purchased an unattached lieutenant-colonelcy of infantry on 30 December 1826.[6] On 14 April 1837, he exchanged from unattached half-pay to replace Lord Bingham (later Lord Lucan) as lieutenant-colonel of the 17th Lancers, and then retired from the Army the next day.[7] On 29 June 1842, he was appointed colonel of the North Hampshire Militia[8] after the death of Lord Rodney, much to the chagrin of the regimental lieutenant-colonel, Peter Hawker, who aspired to the post.[9]
Paulet succeeded his father as Marquess of Winchester in 1843. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Hampshire on 31 March 1847,[10] and succeeded the Duke of Wellington as Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire in 1852.[1]
Family[edit]
On 29 November 1855, Winchester married Hon. Mary Montagu (1828–1868), daughter of Henry Robinson-Montagu, 6th Baron Rokeby, at St James', Westminster. Together they had three children:
- Augustus John Henry Beaumont Paulet, 15th Marquess of Winchester (6 February 1858 – 11 December 1899)
- Lady Lillian Mary (26 July 1859 – 11 November 1952): married as his first wife, Randolph Gordon Erskine-Wemyss, Laird of Wemyss Castle and Chief of Clan Wemyss. They had a son Michael who married Lady Victoria Cavendish-Bentinck, daughter of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, and a daughter Mary who married Lt. Ernest Caswell of the Grenadier Guards.
- Henry William Montagu Paulet, 16th Marquess of Winchester (30 October 1862 – 28 June 1962)
He died on 4 July 1887 and was succeeded by his elder son, Augustus.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1892). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (U to Z). Vol. 8 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 176.
- ^ "No. 17247". The London Gazette. 3 May 1817. p. 1057.
- ^ "No. 17654". The London Gazette. 25 November 1820. p. 2192.
- ^ "No. 17933". The London Gazette. 21 June 1823. p. 1013.
- ^ "No. 18256". The London Gazette. 10 June 1826. p. 1397.
- ^ "No. 18326". The London Gazette. 19 April 1827. p. 132.
- ^ "No. 19484". The London Gazette. 14 April 1837. p. 978.
- ^ "No. 20118". The London Gazette. 8 July 1842. p. 1870.
- ^ Hawker, Peter (1893). The Diary of Colonel Peter Hawker, 1802-1853. Vol. 2. London: Longmans, Green & Co. p. 230.
- ^ "No. 20726". The London Gazette. 23 April 1847. p. 1491.