Lord William Powlett
William Powlett | |
|---|---|
| Lord William Powlett | |
| Born | 1666 |
| Died | 25 September 1729 (aged 62–63) Hyde Park, London |
| Noble family | Paulet |
| Spouse(s) | Louisa de Caumont Anne Egerton |
| Issue | William Powlett Charles Powlett Mary Powlett Jane Powlett Henrietta Powlett |
| Father | Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton |
| Mother | Mary Scrope |
Lord William Powlett (baptized 18 August 1666[1]– 25 September 1729) was an English MP. He was the younger son of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton and his second wife, Mary Scrope.[2]
Career
Lord William held a number of offices, including:[2]
- Freeman, Winchester 1689, Lymington 1689
- Deputy Lieutenant Hampshire 1689-1729
- Commissioner for assessment, Hampshire and Yorkshire (West Riding) 1689-90
- Captain of militia foot, Winchester by 1697
- Recorder, Grimsby 1699-1729
- Justice of the Peace Hampshire and Lincolnshire 1699-1729
- Mayor, Lymington 1701-5, 1724-5, 1728-1729
- Keeper of Rhinefield walk, New Forest 1718-1729
- Farmer of green-wax fines 1690-1706
- Teller of the Exchequer 1714-1729
He served as Member of Parliament for Winchester from 1689 to 1710, for Lymington from 1710 to 1715 and for Winchester from 1715 until his death in 1729.[2] Lord William became Father of the House of Commons in 1724, on the demise of Richard Vaughan, the member for Carmarthen.[3]
Marriages and issue
William Powlett married twice:[4][2]
- 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:[4][2]
- William Powlett, c. 1693 – February 1757, married Lady Annabella Bennet, daughter of :Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville 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
- Jane Powlett
- He married as his second wife, Anne Egerton[2] (died 1737) in October 1699, by whom he had one daughter:[4]
- Henrietta Powlett (died 1755), married William Townshend (died 1738)
Death
He died on 25 September 1729, in his 63rd year,[2] through a fall from his horse when riding in Hyde Park, London.[1] Both his sons sat for various Hampshire boroughs as Whigs under George II.[2]
Footnotes
- ^ a b Watson & Wynne 2002.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Watson 1983.
- ^ The Father of the House, p. 9.
- ^ a b c "Charles Powlett, Duke of Bolton". The Peerage. Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
Sources
- "Bolton, Duke of (E, 1689 - 1794)". Cracroft's Peerage. Cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- "Charles Powlett, Duke of Bolton". Family Search: Community Trees. British Isles. Peerage, Baronetage, and Landed Gentry families with extended lineage. Histfam.familysearch.org. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- Cokayne, George Edward (1912). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). "The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom : extant, extinct, or dormant". London: St Catherine Press. p. 210.
- "The Father of the House". UK Parliament. Parliament.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- Helms, M. W.; Watson, Paula (1983). Henning, B. D. (ed.). "Powlett, (Paulet), Charles I, Lord St. John of Basing (c.1630-99), of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London and Hackwood, Hants". The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1660–1690. Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- "Lord William Powlett". The Peerage. Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- Watson, Paula (1983). Henning, B. D. (ed.). "The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1660–1690". Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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External links
- POWLETT, Lord William (1667-1729), of Chilbolton, Hants and Marrick Priory, Yorks. A biography
- Lord William Powlett Family tree
- Charles Paulet, 6th Marquess of Winchester later 1st Duke of Bolton, PC
- The Father of the House
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