Lord William Powlett

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Other people". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English

Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lord William Powlett (baptized 18 August 1666Template:Sfn – 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.Template:Sfn

Career

Lord William held a number of offices, including:Template:Sfn

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

  • He married as his second wife, Anne EgertonTemplate:Sfn (died 1737) in October 1699, by whom he had one daughter:[1]

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

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Sources

<templatestyles src="Refbegin/styles.css" />

  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
republished by Ray Westlake, Military Books, 1987, Template:Isbn
republished by Naval & Military Press, 2015, Template:Isbn

External links

Template:Error
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Member of Parliament for Hampshire
1689–1689
With: Earl of Wiltshire Template:S-ttl/check
Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Member of Parliament for Winchester
16891707
With: Francis Morley 1689–1690
Frederick Tylney 1690–1701
George Rodney Brydges 1701–1707
Template:S-ttl/check
Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Template:Error
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Member of Parliament for Winchester
17071710
With: George Rodney Brydges Template:S-ttl/check
Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Member of Parliament for Lymington
17101715
With: Paul Burrard 1710–1713
Sir Joseph Jekyll 1713–1715
Template:S-ttl/check
Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Member of Parliament for Winchester
17151729
With: George Brydges Template:S-ttl/check
Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Teller of the Exchequer
1715–1729 Template:S-ttl/check
Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Father of the House
1724–1729 Template:S-ttl/check
Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

Template:Fathers of the House