Lord William Powlett
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He was the younger son of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, and his second wife, Mary Scrope.Template:Sfn
Career
Lord William held a number of offices, including:Template:Sfn
- Freeman, Winchester 1689, Lymington, 1689
- Deputy Lieutenant for Hampshire, 1689–1729
- Commissioner for assessment, Hampshire and Yorkshire (West Riding), 1689–90
- Captain of the independent company of Winchester Militia by 1697Template:Sfn
- Recorder, Grimsby, 1699–1729
- Justice of the Peace, Hampshire and Lincolnshire, 1699–1729
- Mayor of Lymington, Hampshire, 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.Template:Sfn Lord William became Father of the House of Commons in 1724, on the demise of Richard Vaughan, the member for Carmarthen.Template:Sfn
Marriages and issue
William Powlett married twice:[1]Template:Sfn
- 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:[1]Template:Sfn
- 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 EgertonTemplate:Sfn (died 1737) in October 1699, by whom he had one daughter:[1]
- Henrietta Powlett (died 1755), married William Townshend (died 1738)
Death
He died on 25 September 1729, in his 63rd year,Template:Sfn through a fall from his horse when riding in Hyde Park, London.Template:Sfn Both his sons sat for various Hampshire boroughs as Whigs under George II.Template:Sfn
Footnotes
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Sources
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- republished by Ray Westlake, Military Books, 1987, Template:Isbn
- republished by Naval & Military Press, 2015, Template:Isbn
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