Earls Poulett connection to Marquesses of Winchester
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Christopher John Hilton Paulet, 19th Marquess of Winchester, 19th Earl of Wiltshire and 19th Baron St John also Premier Marquess in the Peerage of England; b 30 July 1969; suc f 8 Apr 2016; mar Oct 1992, •Christine Mary (b 1963), dau of Peter Town, of Cheam, Somersets, by Gilliam M. Dimond, and has issue,
1. •Lady Emma Louise; b 1 Apr 1993.
2. +Michael John, styled Earl of Wiltshire; b 31 Aug 1999.
Lineage of Paulet: Sir John Paulet, of Gotehurst, Somersts; mar Elizabeth, dau of Sir Thomas Reyney, of Rowd and Shyrston, Somersets; d 1356, leaving a s,
Sir John Paulet Kt (1381); mar Elizabeth, dau and hrss of Sir John Creedy, of Creedy, Devons, and had issue,
1. Sir Thomas, who was ancestor of the Poulett family, Earls Poulett (see Lineage of Poulett below).
2. William (see below).
The ygr s,
William Paulet SL (ca 1416), of Melcomb Paulet, Somersets; mar Eleanor, sis and hrss of Sir Elias de la Mere, of Nunney Castle, Somersets and dau of Philip de la Mere, of the same; d 8 Aug 1435, leaving a s,
Sir John Paulet, of Nunney Castle, Somersets; mar Constance (dvp by 10 Feb 1427/28), dau and cohrss of Sir Hugh (d on or aft 27 Nov 1427), eldest s and h of Thomas de Poynings, 5th Baron St John of Basing; d 11 Jan 1436/37, leaving a s,
Sir John Paulet, of Nunney Castle; mar Eleanor, dau and cohrss of Robert Roos, of Gedney and Irby, Lincs; d 5 Oct 1492, leaving with a dau (Margaret, who mar her cousin, Sir Amyas Paulet, see above),
Sir John Paulet KB (1501), of Basing, Hants and Nunney, Somersets; commanded troops of Henry VII at the Battle of Blackhead in 1497; mar by June 1468 his cousin, Alice, dau of Sir William Paulet, of Hinton St George (see above); d 5 Jan 1525, leaving issue,
1. William, later 1st Marquess of Winchester (see below).
2. Thomas; dsp.
3. Sir George, of Crondall, Hants; mar thrice; d 1558, leaving 4 s and 5 dau.
4. Richard, of Herriard, Hants, whose male line died out with his grands, Richard, who left 2 dau and coheirs.
5. Eleanor; mar Sir William Gifford, of Itchell.
6. Kathrine; mar Sir William Fermor, of Summertown, Oxon (see HESKETH, B).
The eldest s,
William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester [E] (so cr 11 Oct 1551) also earlier Earl of Wiltshire [E] (so cr 19 Jan 1549/50) earlier still Baron St John [E] (so cr 9 March 1538/49), KG (1543), Kt (1523 or 1525), PC (1542), JP (Hants 1514-d, Wilts 1523-d, Somersets 1531-d, all counties 1547-d); b by 1488; Sheriff of Hants 1511-12, 1518-19, 1522-23; Cnclr by 1525; MP for Hampshire 1529-36; Master of the King’s Wards 1534-40 (Jt 1526-34); Comptroller 1532-37; Treas 1537-30; Chamberlain 1543-45; Great Master of the HH 1545-50; Keeper of the King’s Woods 1541-d; Master of the Court of Wards 1540, 1542; Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries 1542-54; Gov of Portsmouth 1542-d; Ld Pres of Cncl 1545-50; CJ in Eyre (S of Trent) 1545-50; Custos Rot of Hants ca 1547-d; Keeper of the Great Seal 1547; Ld High Treas 1550-d; Ld High Steward 1551; Ld-Lt of Hants 1552, 1553, 1559, 1569 and Middx 1569-d; Capt of IoW and Keeper of Carisbrooke Castle ca bef 1560; High Steward of Taunton 1572-d; mar Elizabeth, dau of Sir William Capell MP, Ld Mayor of London 1503-04 (b by 1448; d 1515), by Margaret, dau of Sir John Arundell, of Lanherne, Cornw; d 10 March 1572, leaving issue,
1. John, later 2nd Marquess of Winchester (see below).
2. Lord Thomas, of Crossington, Somersts; mar and had issue.
3. Lord Chidiock JP (Hants 1558/59-d), MP, of Wade, Hants; b by 1521; educ Inner Temple (admit 1535); Esq of the Stable by 1545; MP: Bamber 1547, Oct Gatton 1553; Receiver of the Court of Augmentations in Gloucs, Hants and Wilts by 1550-54; Receiver of the Excheq 1554-d; Capt of Portsmouth 1554-59; Treas to Bp of Winchester 1566-d; mar 1stly, Elizabeth, dau of Sir Thomas White, of South Warnborough MP, Hants, Master of Requests 1553-58 (b 25 March 1507; d 2 Nov 1566), by Agnes, dau of Robert White, of Farnham, Surrey; mar 2ndly by 1562, Frances, widow of Sir Edward Waldegrave MP, of Sudbury, Suffolk and Borley, Essex, Ld High Chllr 1558 (see WALDEGRAVE, E) and dau of Sir Edward Neville, of Adlington, Kent; d 17 Aug 1574, leaving 1 s and 2 dau by his 1st w and 1s by his 2nd w.
4. Lord Giles, of Cokels, Wilts; mar and had issue.
5. Lady Alice; mar Richard Stawell, of Cotherston, Somersets.
6. Lady Margaret; mar Sir William Berkeley.
7. Lady Margery; mar Sir Richard Waller, of Oldstoke, Hants.
8. Lady Eleanor; mar Sir Richard Pecksail, of Beaurepaire, Hants.
The eldest s,
John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester Kt (1544); b ca 1510; Sheriff of Hants 1533-34 and Somersets and Dorset 1543-44; sum vp to the HoL as Baron St John on 3 Oct1544; Ld-Lt of Dorset 1557-d; Gov of IoW Jan-Oct 1558; mar 1stly by 20 Oct 1528, Elizabeth, eldest dau by his 2nd w of Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke (qv); mar 2ndly March/Apr 1554, Elizabeth, widow of (1) Sir Anthony Ughtred and (2) Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex KG (beheaded 28 July 1540 by orders of Henry VIII), being sis of Jane (3rd w of Henry VIII who was beheaded by him on 24 Oct 1537; see SOMERSET, D) dau of Sir John Seymour, Kt Banneret, Sheriff of Wilts 1498-99, 1507-08, 1518-19, 1524-26 and Somerset and Dorset 1515-16, 1526-27 (d 21 Dec 1536), by Margery (d 18 Oct 1550), dau of Sir Henry Wentworth KB, 4th Baron le Despenser de jure (se LYTTON, E); mar 3rdly bef 30 Sept 1568, Winifred (d 16 June 1586), widow of Sir Richard Sackville MP, of Ashburnham and Buckhurst, Sussex and Westenhanger, Kent, Chllr of Excheq 1559-66 (d 21 Apr 1566) and dau of Sir John Brydges, Ld Mayor of London 1520-21; d 4 Nov 1576, leaving among other issue by his 1st w,
1. William, later 3rd Marquess of Winchester (see below).
2. Lord George; Gov of Londonderry; d May 1608.
3. Lady Mary; mar bef 1560 her step-m’s s, Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell (d 20 Nov 1592); d 10 Oct 1592, leaving issue.
The eldest s,
William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester KB (1553), JP (Hants ca 1559; Dorset 1564); b ca 1552; educ Inner Temple (admit 1546); Sheriff of Hants 1560-61; Jt Ld-Lt of Dorset 1569 and Hants 1585; Commsnr for Trial of Mary, Queen of Scots 1586; High Steward of Dorchester by 1570; MP for Dorset 1571; sum vp to the HoL as Baron St John on 5 May 1572; Ld High Steward 1589, 1597; Ld-Lt of Dorset 1586-d; mar by 1548, Agnes/Anne (d 1601), eldest dau of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham (see EFFINGHAM, E); d 24 Nov 1598, leaving issue,
1. William, later 4th Marquess of Winchester (see below).
2. Lady Anne; mar Sir Thomas Dennis, of Holcombe, Devons.
3. Lady Katherine; mar Sir Giles Wroughton.
4. Lady Elizabeth; mar Sir Edward Hoby.
(continued) 3rd Marquess of Winchester had at least 4 illegit s among whom was,
1. Sir William, of Eddington, Wilts; mar and had a dau,
1.1. Elizabeth; mar 1stly 11 March 1630/31 as his 2nd w, Robert Devereaux, 3rd Earl of Essex (see HEREFORD, V); mar 2ndly, Sir Thomas Higgons, of Gewell, Hants; bur sps 16 Sept 1656.
The eldest s,
William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester; b bef 1560; Ld High Steward for Funeral of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587; mar 28 Feb 1586/87, Lady Lucy (b 7 March 1567/68; d 1 Oct 1614), eldest dau of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter (see EXETER, M); d 4 Feb 1628/29, leaving with other issue,
1. William, styled Earl of Wiltshire; b ca 1587/88; mar bef 17 Feb 1613/14, Hon Mary (mar 2ndly 22 Oct 1627, Hon William, of Horningsham, Wilts, 2nd s of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour) and eldest dau of Anthony Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu (see MANCHESTER, D); dvp sp Aug 1621.
2. John, later 5th Marquess of Winchester (see below).
3. Lord Henry, of Amport, Hants; mar Lucy, dau of Sir George Philpot, of Thruxton, Hants; d 1672, leaving issue,
3.1. Francis, of Amport; b ca 1645; mar 20 May 1674, Elizabeth, only dau of and sole hrss of Sir Richard Norton, 2nd Bt, of Rotherfield, Southants (1652); d 25 Feb 1695/96, leaving an only s,
3.1.1. Norton MP, of Rotherfield Park, nr Alton and Amport, Hants; b ca 1680?; educ Christ Church Oxf (matric 26 May 1698 aged 17); MP for Petersfield 1705-34; mar 1699, Jane, dau of Sir Charles Morley, of Droxford, Hants; d 6 June 1741, leaving 8s and 3 dau among whom were,
3.1.1.1. Norton MP; b ca 1705; educ Exeter Coll Oxf (matric 17 Dec 1722 aged 17); MP for Winchester 1730-34; Sheriff of Southants 1738-39; mar 20 Jan 1756, Anne Chute, a widow; dsp 14 March 1759.
3.1.1.2. George, later 12th Marquess of Winchester (see below).
The 2nd surv s,
John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester; b ca 1598; educ abroad (France) 1612-15; served during Civil War with Royalists; MP for St Ives 1520-22; sum vp to the HoL as Baron St John on 10 Feb 1623/24; mar 1stly (by lic dated 18 Dec 1622), Hon Jane, eldest dau of Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Savage (d 20 Nov 1635); mar 2ndly 27 Aug 1633, Honora (d 10 March 1662), dau of Richard Bourke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde (see SLIGO, M); mar 3rdly 1669, Lady Isabella (bur sp 5 Sept 1691), 2nd dau of William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford (see NORFOLK, D), by Hon Mary, 1st Countess of Stafford and 1st Baroness Stafford suo jure (see STAFFORD, B), sis of Henry Stafford, 5th Baron Stafford (d 4 Aug 1637); d 5 March 1674/75, leaving (with a dau by his 2nd w, Lady Ann, who mar aft 11 Aug 1662 as his 3rd w, John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse, who d 10 Sept 1689; she was bur 11 Sept 1694, and had issue) an only child by his 1st w,
Charles Powlett/Paulet, 6th Marquess of Winchester later 1st Duke of Bolton [E] (so cr 9 Apr 1689), JP (Hants 1660-d?; NR Yorks 1664?-85; Surrey, Middx and Westminster 1671?-80; ER Yorks by 1680-85), PC (1679); b ca 1630; MP: Winchester 1660, Hampshire 1661-75; Ld-Lt of Hants 1667-76, 1689-d; Warden of New Forest 1668-76, 1689-d; High Steward of Winchester 1669-84; Custos Rot of Hants 1670-76, 1689-d; Keeper of the King’s Lodge at Petersham 1671?-76; mar 1stly 28 Feb 1652, Hon Christian (dsps 22 May 1654), eldest dau and cohrss of John Frescheville, 1st Baron Frescheville (d 31 March 1682), and had a s (Hon John, who dvp an infant); mar 2ndly 12 Feb 1654, Mary (d 1 Nov 1680), widow of Henry Carey, styled Baron Leppington, 2nd s and h app of Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth KB (dspms 13 Jun 1661) and illegit dau of Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland and 11th Baron Scrope of Bolton (d 30 May 1630); d 27 Feb 1698/99, leaving issue by his 2nd w,
1. Charles, later 2nd Duke of Bolton and 7th Marquess of Winchester (see below).
2. Lord William MP, of St James’s, London; b ca 1667; MP: Winchester 1689-1670, Lymington 1710-15, Winchester 1715-29; Mayor of Lymington 1701-02, 1702-03, 1703-4, 1724-25, 1728-29; Teller of the Excheq 1715-d; mar 1stly in Holland, Louisa, dau of the Marquis de Monpouillon; mar 2ndly 26 Oct 1699, Anne, dau and cohrss of Randolph Egerton, of Betley, Staffs; d 25 Sept 1729, leaving 2s and 2 dau by his 1st w and 1 dau by his 2nd w.
3. Lord Thomas; dvp an infant June 1690.
4. Lady Jane; mar 2 Apr 1673 as his 2nd w, John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater (see GREY EGERTON, of Egerton and Oulton, Bt); d 23 May 1716, leaving issue.
5. Lady Mary; d unm.
6. Lady Elizabeth; mar Toby Jenkins, of Grimston, Yorks; d bur 16 March 1689.
The eldest s,
Charles Powlett, 2nd Duke of Bolton and 7th Marquess of Winchester KG (1714), JP (Hants 1689-d), DL (Hants 1689-99), PC (1690); b ca 1661; MP (Whig) for Hampshire 1681, 1685, 1689, 1690, 1695; Freeman: Lymington 1685, Winchester 1689; Bailiff of Burley Forest 1691-1710, 1714-d; V-Adm of Hants and IoW 1692-1710, 1714-d; Ld-Lt of Hants and Dorset 1699-1701, 1714-d; Custos Rot of Hants 1699-1710, 1715-d; Warden of New Forest 1699-1710, 1714-d; High Steward of Winchester 1699?-d; Gov of IoW 1707-10; mar 1stly 10 July 1679, Hon Margaret (b 14 Sept 1657; dsp Feb 1682/83), only dau of George Coventry, 3rd Baron Coventry (see COVENTRY, E); mar 2ndly 8 Feb 1682/83, Frances (bapt 14 June 1661; bur 28 Nov 1696), sis of Sir John Ramsden, 1st Bt, of Byram, Yorks (qv), and had issue by his 2nd w,
1. Charles, later 3rd Duke of Bolton and 8th Marquess of Winchester (see below).
2. Harry, later 4th Duke of Bolton and 9th Marquess of Winchester (see below).
3. Lady Mary; mar 1stly, Charles O’Neill, of Shane’s Castle (dsp 1716); mar 2ndly, Hon Capel, 6th s of Henry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda (qv).
4. Lady Frances; mar 1708, Col Hon John MP, styled Baron Mordaunt (b ca 1681; dvp 5 Apr 1710), eldest s and h app by his 1st w of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth KG (d 25 Oct 1735); d 30 July 1715, leaving issue.
(continued) 2nd Duke of Bolton mar 3rdly 1697, Henrietta (d 27 Feb 1729/30), eldest illegit dau of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (see BUCCLEUCH and QUEENSBERRY, D), by his mistress, Eleanor Needham; d 21 Jan 1721/22, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
5. Capt Lord Nassau KB (27 May 1725), RHG; b 23 June 1698; Cornet 12th Dragoons 1715; Capt 6th Dragoons 1718 and RHG 1721; MP: Hampshire 1720-27, Lymington 1727-34, 1741; Auditor-Gen of the Revenue [I] 1723-d; Mayor of Lymington 1723-24, 1730-31; mar Dec 1731, Lady Isabella (mar 2ndly, Sir Frederick Blake-Delaval KB, of Ford Castle and Seaton Delaval Hall and Dissington, Northumb and Doddington, Lincs, MP for Hindon 1751-54, Andover 1754-68 (b 16 March 1727; d 7 Aug 1771), 5th dau and cohrss of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet (see DE CLIFFORD, B); d 24 Aug 1741, leaving 3 s and 2 dau among whom was,
5.1. Isabella; b ca 1737; mar 4 June 1765, John James Perceval, 3rd Earl of Egmont (d 25 Feb 1822); d 8 Sept 1821, leaving issue.
The eldest s by the 1st w,
Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton and 8th Marquess of Winchester also Baron Pawlett of Basing [GB] (so cr by erroneous writ of summons dated 12 Apr 1717 in the mistaken belief that was the designation of his f’s barony), KG (1722), PC (1725); b 3 Sept 1685; educ Enfield; MP (Whig): Lymington 1705-08, Hampshire 1708-10, Carmarthenshire 1715-17; Gent of Bedchamber to Prince of Wales (later George II) 1714-17; Gov of Milford Haven and V-Adm of South Wales 1715-33; Ld-Lt: Carmarthens 1715-33, Glamorgans 1715-33, Hants 1722-33, 1742-d, Dorset 1722-33; Col RHG 1717-33; Warden of New Forest 1722-33, 1742-d; Gov of IoW 1726-33, 1742-46; Capt of Gent Pensioners 1740-42; Lt-Gen 1745; mar 1stly 21 July 1713, Lady Anne (dsp 20 Sept 1751), dau and sole hrss of John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery KB (see CARBERY, B); mar 2ndly 20 Oct 1751 his long-time mistress, Lavinia, an actress and opera singer known as “Mrs Lavinia Fenton” (d 17 Jan 1760); dspl 26 Aug 1754, whereupon his death the Barony of Pawlett of Basing became EXTINCT, but the other peerages passed to his ygr bro (see below).
(continued) 3rd Duke of Bolton and 8th Marquess of Winchester had by his mistress, Mrs Lavinia Fenton, the following illegit issue prior to their eventual marriage (all issue taking the surname of Pawlett),
1. Rev Charles, Rector of Itchen, Hants and St Martin’s, nr Looe, Cornw; b 28 Dec 1728; d unm 29 Jan 1809.
2. Percy RN; had issue,
2.1. Rev Charles, Rector of Roding, Essex.
3. Lt-Col Horatio Armand; mar Jane —, and had issue,
3.1. Charles; b 24 Feb 1763; d 26 Jan 1776.
The ygr bro,
Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton and 9th Marquess of Winchester PC (1755); b 24 July 1691; MP (Whig): St Ives 1715-22, Hampshire 1722-54; Col Molesworth’s Dragoons 1715-18; Gov of Kinsale 1719-d; Ld of Bedchamber to Prince of Wales 1729-d; Ld of Admiralty 1733-42; Lt of Tower of London 1742-54; Ld-Lt: Glamorgans 1754-55, Hants 1754-58; mar Catharine (d 25 Apr 1744), dau of Charles Parry, of Oakfield, Berks; d 9 Oct 1759, leaving issue,
1. Charles, later 5th Duke of Bolton and 10th Marquess of Winchester (see below).
2. Harry, later 6th Duke of Bolton and 11th Marquess of Winchester (see below).
3. Lady Henrietta; mar 12 July 1741 as his 1st w, Robert Colebrooke, of Chilham Castle, Kent, MP for Malden 1741-61 (b 24 June 1718; dsp 10 May 1784), elder bro of Sir James Colebrooke, 1st Bt, of Gatton, Surrey (d 10 May 1761); dsp 22 Dec 1753.
4. Lady Catherine; mar 1stly, William Ashe (dsp); mar 2ndly 4 Feb 1755 as his 2nd w, Adam Drummond, 11th of Lennoch and 4th of Mgginch, MP for Lymington 1761-68, St Ives 1768-78, Aberdeen Burghs 1779-84, Shaftesbury 1784-86 (b 31 Jan 1713; dsp 17 Jun 1786); d 1775.
The elder s,
Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton and 10th Marquess of Winchester KB (1753), PC (1758); b ca 1718; educ Winchester, Corpus Christ Coll Camb; Ensign 1st Ft Grds 1737; Lt-Col 1745; MP (Whig) for Lymington 1741-54, 1754-59; Mayor of Lymington 1743-44, 1744-45, 1745-46, 1762-63, 1764-65; Lt of Tower of London 1754-60; Ld-Lt of Hants 1758-63; Bearer of the Queen’s Orb at the Coronation of George III in 1761; d unm 5 July 1765 having committed suicide by shooting himself, leaving by his mistress, Mary Browne Banks, an illegit dau and hrss,
1. Jean Mary; b ca 1751; mar 7 Apr 1778, Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton (qv); d 14 Dec 1814, leaving issue.
The only ygr bro,
Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton and 11th Marquess of Winchester PC (1766); b 6 Nov 1720; educ Winchester, Academy at Portsmouth Dockyard; RN: Lt 1739, Capt 1740, R-Adm 1756, V-Adm 1759, Adm 1770; MP (Whig): Christchurch 1751-54, Lymington 1755-61, Winchester 1761-65; Mayor of Lymington 1761-62, 1768-69, 1771-72, 1773-74; Gov of IoW 1766-70, 1782-91; V-Adm of Hants and Dorset 1767-d; Ld-Lt of Hants 1782-93; mar 1stly 7 May 1752, Mary Munn, of Eltham, Kent (d 31 May 1764), and had issue,
1. Lady Mary Henrietta; mar 25 Apr 1772 as his 2nd w, John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich (qv); d 30 March 1779, leaving issue.
(continued) 6th Duke of Bolton and 11th Marquess of Winchester mar 2ndly 8 Apr 1765, Catherine (d 21 March 1809), sis of James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (qv); dspm 25 Dec 1794, whereupon his death the Dukedom of Bolton became EXTINCT, but the other peerages passed to his 3rd cousin-once-removed,
2. Lady Katherine Margaret; mar 17 Sept 1787 her cousin, William Henry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland (see BERNARD, B); d 17 June 1807, leaving issue.
3. Lady Amelia; d unm.
The 3rd cousin-once-removed,
George Paulet/Powlett, 12th Marquess of Winchester; b 7 June 1722; Gent Usher Daily Waiter Extra to Frederick, Prince of Wales 1750-51; Gent Usher to Princess of Wales 1758-72; Sheriff of Hants 1761-62; MP (Tory) for Winchester 1765-74; Groom Porter to George II 1767-82; V-Adm of Dorset and Hants 1797-98; mar7 Jan 1762, Martha (d 14 March 1796), dau and hrss of Thomas Ingoldsby, of Waldridge, Bucks, by Anne, dau of John Limbrey, of Tangier Park, Hants; d 22 Apr 1800, leaving issue,
1. Charles Ingoldsby, later 13th Marquess of Winchester (see below0.
2. V-Adm Lord Henry KCB (2 Jan 1815), RN, of Westhill Lodge, Tichfield, Hants; b 31 March 1767; RN: Jr Lt 1789, Lt 1791, Cdr 1793, Capt 1794, R-Adm 1812, V-Adm 1819; Col RM 1 Aug 1811; served during American Revolutionary War (Battle of the Saintes) and War of the First Coalition (Battle of Groix); mar 26 Oct 1813, Anna Maria (d 15 Apr 1876), dau of George Ravenscroft; d 28 Jan 1832 (bur at Amport, Hants), leaving issue,
2.1. Sir Henry Charles Paulet, 1st Bt, of West Hill Lodge, Southants [UK] (so cr 18 March 1836); b 31 March 1767; mar 27 Oct 1813; d unm 11 Dec 1886, whereupon his death the baronetcy became EXTINCT.
2.2. Edward; b 28 Feb 1825; d 6 Nov 1838.
2.3. Anna Maria; mar 3 June 1845, Rev Wellesly Pole Pigott, Rector of Bemeberton, Wilts; d 19 Oct 1851.
3. Lady Urania Anne; b ca 1767; mar 1stly 17 March 1785, Ulick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde (see SLIGO, M); mar 2ndly 28 Oct 1799, Col Peter Kingston (slain 6 July 1807 in Buenos Aires); mar 3rdly 22 May 1813 as his 2nd w, V-Adm Sir Joseph Sidney Yorke KCB, RN (see HARDWICKE, E); d 27 Dec 1843.
The eldest s,
Charles Paulet (later Ingoldsby-Paulet by Royal Lic dated 8 Aug 1839 under terms of will of Sarah Salusbury, of Offley Place, Herts), 13th Marquess of Winchester PC (1812);b 27 Jan 1764; educ Eton, Clare Hall Camb; Ensign 1st Ft Grds 1784-86; MP for Truro 1792-96; Ld-Lt of Hants 1798-1800; Groom of the Stole to George III, George IV and William IV 1812-d; mar 31 July 1800, Anne (d 21 March 1841), 2nd dau of John Andrews, of Shotley Hall, Northumb; d 29 Nov 1843, leaving issue,
1. John, later 14th Marquess of Winchester (see below).
2. Rev Lord Charles, Vicar of Wellesbourne, Warwicks; b 13 Aug 1802; Prebendary of Salisbury; mar 1stly 18 Aug 1831, Caroline Margaret (d 6 Oct 1817), 3rd dau of Sir John Ramsden, 4th Bt, of Byram, Yorks (qv), and had issue,
2.1. Frederick John; b 7 Aug 1830; d 26 Sep 1846.
2.2. Cecil Henry, 60th Rifles; b 14 Oct 1841; d 1864.
2.3. Capt Charles William, 7th Hussars, of Wellesbourne; b 27 Sept 1832; Hon Col Warwicks Yeo Cav; mar 1stly 3 Dec 1863, Susan Amelia Georgina (d 18 Oct 1885), 4th dau of William Standish Standish, of Duxbury, Lancs; mar 2ndly 25 Sept 1890, Mary (dsp 19 Feb 1901), 2nd dau of Capt Mildmay Clerk, of Spratton, Northants; d 8 Apr 1897, leaving issue by his 1st w,
2.3.1. Maj Charles Standish MVO (1917), Warwicks Yeo and Imp Yeo; b Oct 1873; educ Eton; served during Boer War 1900-01 (despatches), WWI 1915-19; Dir-Gen of Supply with Ministry of Munitions 1915-19; Member of Order of Crown of Italy; Member Order of Rising Sun (Japan); mar 24 Oct 1901, Lillian Jane Charlotte (d March 1972), dau of Maj William Thomas Exham Fosbery, 77th RoF; d 18 Sept 1953, leaving issue,
2.3.1.1. Richard Charles, later 17th Marquess of Winchester (see below).
2.3.1.2. Lady Pamela; b 1909; granted alongside her ygr sis the style and precedence of the dau of a Marquess by Royal Warrant dated 13 May 1970; mar 197-, Hans Nieter O’Leary (d 1978); d 1991.
2.3.1.3. Lady Eileen Cecil Theo, of 470 Sonora Crescent, Campbeell River, BC V9W 6V3, Canada (2003); mar 1stly, Harry Evan Martin (d 1947), and had issue,
2.3.1.3.1. •Gillian Jane; b 1942; mar 1964, •Lipot Gyula Winter, and has issue,
2.3.1.3.1.1. •Elizabeth; b 1964.
2.3.1.3.1.2. •Edward Steven; b 1966.
2.3.1.3.1.3. •Robert Ferenc; b 1974.
2.3.1.3.1.4. •Peter James; b 1978.
2.3.1.3.2. •Elizabeth Susan [Mrs Elizabeth Correia, 21 Kenton Gardens, Kenton, Middlesex HA3 8DE (2003)]; b 1945; mar 24 Sept 1971, •Luis Correia, and has issue,
2.3.1.3.2.1. •Chrisol Luis; b 1 Apr 1973.
2.3.1.3.2.2. •Michael Felipe; b 13 July 1974.
2.3.1.3.2.3. •Alice Anne Theofile; b 7 Feb 1978.
(continued) Lady Eileen Cecil Theo mar 2ndly 1949, Joseph Fitton (d 1996); d 3 May 2013 at Campbell River, leaving further issue by her 2nd husband,
2.3.1.3.3. •Francis Peter [Francis Fitton, Box 454, Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island, BC V0P 1N0, Canada (2003)]; mar 1985, •Citoria Lynn, dau of Donald Ralph Gregory BEM, and has issue,
2.3.1.3.3.1. •Kala Louise; b 1985.
2.3.1.3.3.2. •Deanna Eileen; b 1987.
2.3.1.3.4. •Jonathan Paul [Jonathan Fitton, 359 Simms Road, Campbll River, BC V9W 1P2, Canada (2003)]; b 1952; mar 1991, •Lona Dianne, dau of Reuben Emil Croissant, and has issue,
2.3.1.3.4.1. •Jeffrey Duggan; b 1983.
2.3.1.3.4.2. •William Elliot; b 1984.
2.3.1.3.5. •Theresa Mary [Mrs Theresa Marson, 500 Quadra Street, Campbell River, BC V9W 6V1, Canada (2003)]; mar 1992, •Neil Andrew Marson.
2.3.1.3.6. •Margaret Anne [Mrs Margaret Clippingdale, Box 203, Heriot Bay, BC V0P 1H0, Canada (2003)]; mar 1982, •Kenneth Dodd Clippingdal, and has issu,e
2.3.1.3.6.1. •Robert Nathan; b 1974.
2.3.1.3.6.2. •Andrew Dodd; b 1983.
2.3.1.3.7. Catherine Louise; b 1958.
2.3.1.3.8. Judith Ellen; b 1961; d unm 1985.
2.3.2. 2nd Lt Cecil Henry, Dorset Yeo; b March 1875; mar 6 Sept 1898, Ethel Frances (d 3 Sept 1961), dau of Capt Walter Frederick James Cowan, of Alveston Lodge, Warwicks (b 18 Apr 1845; d 18 Dec 1914), f of Adm Sir Walter Henry Cowan KCB (1919), MVO (1904), DSO*, 1st Bt, of the Baltic and Bilton, Warwicks [UK] (so cr 28 Jan 1921), Cdr of Battlecruiser Sqdn 1921-23, C-in-C Coast of Scotland 1925-26, C-in-C America and West Indies Station 1926-28, Principal Naval ADC to George V 1930-31 (b 11 Jun 1871; d 14 Feb 1956); KIA 26 Feb 1916 during WWI, leaving issue,
2.3.2.1. Violet Susan Mary, of Lydford Hall, Lydford-on-the-Fosse, Somerton, Somersets (2003); b 12 Jan 1903.
2.3.2.2. George Cecil; b 25 Feb 1905; mar 23 Aug 1937, Hazel Margaret (mar 2ndly 1962, George Meyer), only dau of Maj Danvers Wheeler RA, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia; d 9 Aug 1961, leaving issue,
2.3.2.2.1. Nigel George, later 18th Marquess of Winchester (see below).
2.3.2.2.2. •Lady (Angela) Jane; b 15 Nov 1939; granted alongside her siblings the style and precedence of the ygr s or dau of a Marquess by Royal Warrant dated 13 May 1970; mar 1972, •Christopher John Fisher.
2.3.2.2.3. +Lord Timothy Guy; b 26 Jan 1944; mar 1973, •Gillian Margaret, dau of Capt Thomas Preacher, 8th Btn DLI, and has issue,
2.3.2.2.3.1. +Timothy Guy; b 1975.
2.3.2.2.3.2. +Michael Raoul; b 1976.
2.3.2.3. John Valentine; b 14 Feb 1909; mar 5 March 1945, Mira Elisabeth, only dau of Edmund Francis Smith, of Mossel Bay, South Africa; d 1970, leaving issue,
2.3.2.3.1. Michael John; b 19 Nov 1945; with British South Africa Police in Southern Rhodesia; mar 19 Aug 1967, Gail Lisbeth, ygr dau of John Blackwood Ward, of Bulawayo, and had issue,
2.3.2.3.1.1. •Pamela Elizabeth; b 26 Sept 1947.
(continued) Rev Lord Charles mar 2ndly 10 Aug 1850, Joan Frederica Mathewana (d 10 Dec 1918), eldest dau of Bernard Granville, of Wellesbourne Hall, Warwicks; d 23 July 1870, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
2.4. Ernest Ingoldsby; b 22 Aug 1851; dvp 5 Feb 1853.
2.5. Adela; b 22 Feb 1854; mar 5 June 1886, Frederick La Coque Thorne, MD, of The Manor House, Adderbury East, Banbury, Oxon; d 15 July 1893.
2.6. Eleanor Mary; mar 1 June 1889, Lt-Gen Sir Edward Thomas Henry KCB, KCMG (1900), DL, FRGS, GOC Militia of Canada 1898-1900, GOC Australian Mil Forces 1901-04, CO: 21st Div 1914-15 and 3rd Div 1905-06 (d 4 Aug 1923), only s of Edward Thomas Hutton of Beverley; d 27 March 1950.
3. Adm Lord George CB, RN; b 12 Aug 1803; ADC to Queen Victoria; Officer of Legion d’Honneur; Member of Order of Medjidie; mar 11 July 1835, Georgina (d 17 Jan 1889), dau of Maj-Gen Sir George Adam Wood CB, KCH, of Ottershaw Park, Surrey, Gov of Carlisle 1825-31 (b 1767; d 22 Apr 1831), and niece of Sir Mark Wood, 1st Bt, of Gatton, Surrey (b 16 March 1750; d 6 Feb 1829); d 22 Nov 1879, leaving issue,
3.1. George, 2nd Life Grds; b 16 June 1836; d unm 12 Nov 1891.
3.2. St John Claude, 5th Dragoons; b 30 Apr 1839; d unm 9 July 1908.
4. FM Lord William GCB (20 May 1871; KCB 1865; CB 5 July 1855); b 7 July 1804 at Andover, Hants; educ Eton; Lt 8th LI 1 Feb 1821; Lt 7th Royal Fusil 23 May 1822; Capt 25 Feb 1825; transf back to 85th LI 21 Apr 1825; Capt 63rd RoF 1825-28; transf to 21st Royal North British Fusil 4 Dec 1828; Maj 10 Sept 1830; transf to 68th LI 18 Jan 1833; Lt-Col 21 Apr 1843; Brevet Col 20 June 1854; Lt-Col 28 Nov 1854; Brig-Gen 19 Jan 1855 (local); Maj-Gen 9 Nov 1855 (local); Maj-Gen 13 Dec 1858; Lt-Gen 8 Dec 1867; Gen 7 Oct 1874; FM 10 July 1886; Col: 87th RoF 1863-64, 68th LI 1864-81; Adj-Gen to the Forces 1865-70; served during Crimean War (Battles of Balaclava and Inkerman; Siege of Sevastopol); Equerry to HRH The Duke of Cambridge 1851; Cdr 1st Brigade Aldershot 1856; GOC SW Dist 1860-65; Member 4th Class Legion d’Honneur 2 Aug 1856; Member 3rd Class Order of the Medjidie 2 March 1858; Member Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus 11 Aug 1856; d unm 9 May 1893 in his residence at St James’s Sq, London.
5. Lt-Gen Lord Frederick CB, Coldstream Grds and 32nd RoF; b 12 May 1810; Comptroller and Equerry to HRH The Duchess of Cambridge; d unm 1 Jan 1871.
6. Lady Annabella; mar 6 Aug 1827, R-Adm William Ramsden (see Ramsden, of Byram, Bt); d 26 May 1855.
7. Lady Cecilia; mar Dec 1842, Sir Charles Des Voeux, 2nd Bt (b 5 Sept 1779; d 28 Sept 1858); d 23 Aug 1890, leaving issue.
The eldest s,
John Paulet, 14th Marquess of Winchester; b 3 June 1801; educ Eton; Cornet 10th Hussars 1817; Lt 1820; Capt 35th RoF 1823; Capt 8th Hussars 1823; Maj 1826; Lt-Col Dec 1826; Col of Hants Militia 1843-d; Hon Col 1873; Ld-Lt of Hants 1852-d; mar 29 Nov 1855, Hon Mary (d 6 Sept 1868), 6th dau of Henry Robinson-Montague, 6th Baron Rokeby of Armagh (b 2 Feb 1798; d 25 May 1883); d 4 July 1887, leaving issue,
1. Augustus John Henry Beaumont, later 15th Marquess of Winchester (see below).
2. Lady Lilian Mary; b 26 July 1859; mar 28 July 1884 as his 1st w (div 1898), Randolph Gordon (d 17 July 1908), eldest s of James Hay Wemyss (later Erskine-Wemyss of Wemyss) MP (d 29 March 1864); d 11 Nov 1952, leaving issue.
3. Henry William Montagu, later 16th Marquess of Winchester (see below).
The elder s,
Augustus John Henry Beaumont Paulet, 15th Marquess of Winchester DL (Hants); b 6 Feb 1858; educ Eton; 2nd Lt Coldstream Grds 189; Lt 1881; Capt 1890; Maj 1897; served during Suakin Campaign 1885, Boer War 1899; KIA 11 Dec 1899 at the Battle of Magersfontein during the Boer War, when he was suc by his only ygr bro,
Henry William Montagu Paulet, 16th Marquess of Winchester; b 30 Oct 1862; Lt 3rd Btn Hants Regt; Capt Imp Yeo 1902-05; Ld-Lt of Hants 1904-17; Pres of TAA 1907-17; mar 1stly 23 Feb 1892, Charlotte Josephine GBE (1918) (d 28 Dec 1924), widow of Samuel Garnett, of Arch Hall, co Meath and dau of Col John Stanley Howard, of Ballina Park, co Wicklow; mar 2ndly 19 Jan 1925, Caroline (d 10 Feb 1949), widow of Maj Claud Marks DSO, Highland LI (TF) and dau of Abraham Hoffnaug, of Rawdon Hall, Holyport, Berks; mar 3rdly 2 July 1952, Bapsy (b 1902; d 6 Sept 1995), dau of Most Rev Khurshedji Erachji Pavry, Parsi High Priest of Bombay; dsp 28 June 1962, when he was suc by his cousin,
Richard Charles Paulet, 17th Marquess of Winchester; b 8 July 1905; d unm 5 March 1968, when he was suc by his 1st cousin-once-removed,
Nigel George Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester; b 23 Dec 1941; Dir: Rhodsia Mineral Ventures (Pvt) Ltd, Sani-Dan Services (Pvt) Ltd, Rhodesia Prospectors (Pvt) Ltd 1969; mar 25 Nov 1967, Rosemary Anne (b 29 March 1946; d 25 Feb 2019), dau of Maj Aubrey John Hilton, of Harare, Zimbabwe; d 8 Apr 2016, leaving issue,
1. Christopher John Hilton, present 19th Marquess of Winchester (see as above).
2. +Lord Richard George; b 16 Aug 1971.
3. •Lady Susan; b 1976; mar 2006, Maj Lloyd Hains, and has issue,
3.1. •Nicholas Roger Eaton; b 12 Apr 2007.
Lineage of Poulett: Sir Thomas Poulett; mar Margaret, dau and hrss of Sir John Creedy, of Creedy, Devons, and had a s,
Sir Thomas Poulett; mar Margaret, dau of Henry Boulton, and had an eldest s,
Sir William Poulett Kt (by Henry VI); mar Elizabeth, dau of John Deneland, of Hinton St George, Somersets, and had with 4 dau,
Sir Amyas/Amias Poulett Kt (1487 following Henry VII’s defeat of Lambert Simnel at the Battle of Stoke), JP, MP; Sheriff of Somersets and Dorset 1485-86; Treas of Middle Temple 1521; mar 1stly, Margaret, dau of Sir John Paulet, of Nunney Castle, Somersets (see above); mar 2ndly, Laura, dau of William Kellaway, of Rockbourne, Hants; d 1538, leaving issue,
1. Hugh (see below).
2. John; b 1509?; educ Oxf Univ; Dean of Jersey; d 1565.
The elder s,
Sir Hugh Poulett Kt (1536), JP (Somersets 1532); b ca 1510; Sheriff of Somersets and Dorset 1536-37, 1542-43, 1547-48; Treas of the English Army at the Siege of Boulogne 1544; Gov of Jersey 1550-72; MP for Somerset 1572; V-Pres of the Cncl for Welsh Marches 1559; Custos Rot of Somersts ca 1562-d; mar 1stly 1530, Philippa, dau of Sir Lewis Pollard MP, of King’s Nympton, Devons; mar 2ndly 1560, Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Pope, of Tyttenhanger, Herts, MP for Buckingham 1536 and Buckingham 1539 and Fndr of Trinity Coll Oxf (b 1506/07; d 29 Jan 1559) and dau of Walter Blount, of Blount’s Hall, Burton-on-rent, Staffs, MP for Stafford 1542 (b by 1501; d ca 1543); d 6 June 1573, leaving 3 s and 2 dau by his 1st w among whom the eldest s was,
Sir Amias/Amyas Poulett Kt (Oct 1575), PC (1585), JP (Devon 1569; Somersets ca 1573), MP, of Hinton St George, Somersets and Sampford Peverell, Devons; b ca 1533; Lt Gov of Jersey 1559; Gov of Jersey 1572 (Jt Gov 1571-72); Custos Rot of Somersets ca 1577; Amb to France 1576-79; Guardian of Mary, Queen of Scots 1585; Chllr of Order of the Garter 1587-88; mar Margaret, dau and hrss of Anthony Harvey, of Columbjohn, Devons; d 26 Sept 1588, leaving 3s and 3 dau among whom were,
1. Anthony (see below).
2. Sarah; mar Sir Francis Vincent, 1st Bt, of Stoke d’Abernon, Surrey (see D’ABERNON, V), and had issue.
The eldest s,
Sir Anthony Poulett; Gov of Jersey; Capt of Elizabeth I’s Grd; mar 1583, Hon Catherine, only dau of Henry Norreys, 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote (see ABINGDON, E); d 22 July 1600, leaving with 2 ygr s and 2 other dau,
John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett, of Hinton St George in the County of Somerset [E] (so cr 23 Jun 1627), Kt (23 Sept 1635), JP (Somersets by 1613-ca 1640), DL (Somersets ca 1624-42); b 3 March 1586; educ Univ Coll Oxf (admit 1601), travelled abroad (France) 1604-07, Middle Temple (admit 1610); Capt RN 1635; served during Civil War as Col of Horse and Ft with Royalists; Chief Steward to Bp of Bath and Wells 1600-27 (Jt 1598-1600 and 1627?-46); MP: Somerset 1610, 1614, 1621; Sheriff of Somersets 1616-17; Dep Warden of Roche Forest by 1618 (Jt Warden 1626-36); Freeman: Lyme Regis 1619, Bristol 1624; Commsnr to Treat with Scots 1640, 1641; mar 1613, Elizabeth 9d 23 Nov 1663?), dau and cohrss of Christopher Kenn, of Kenn Court, Somersets; d March 1649, leaving 3s and 7 dau (of whom 3 dvp) among whom were,
1. John, later 2nd Baron Poulett (see below).
2. Hon Elizabeth; mar William Ashburnham (dvp 1665), only s and h of John Ashburnham MP, of Ashburnham, Sussex, Groom of Bedchamber to Charles I and Charles II, by his 1st w, Frances, dau and hrss of William Holland, of Westburton, Sussex, and had issue.
3. Hon Margaret; mar Sir Richard Cholmeley, of Grosmont, Yorks, and ahd issue.
The eldest s,
John Poulett, 2nd Baron Poulett; b ca 1615; MP for Somerset 1640; served during Civil War with Royalists (Siege of Winchester 1645; Battle of Exeter 1646); mar 1stly aft 6 March 1640/41, Hon Catherine (b ca 1612; d aft 27 March 1648), widow of Oliver St John, of Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts (see BOLINGBROKE and ST JOHN, V) and 3rd dau and cohrss of Horatio Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury (b 1565; d 2 May 1635), by Mary, dau of Sir John Tracy, of Toddington, Gloucs (see SUDELEY, B); mar 2ndly 30 Jan 1653, Anne (b 10 July 1635; mar 3rdly as his 2nd w, Sir John Strode, of Chantmarle, Dorset; d bef 1711), 2nd dau and cohrss of Sir Thomas Browne, 2nd Bt, of Walcot, Northants (d 1635); d 15 Sept 1665, leaving issue by both wives with the eldest s by the 1st w being,
John Poulett, 3rd Baron Poulett JP (Somersets 1663-d); b ca 1642; MP for Somerset 1662-65; Ld-Lt of Dorset 1674-d; mar 1stly (by lic dated 17 Aug 1663 aged 22), Essex, dau of Col Alexander Popham MP, of Littlecote, Wilts, a Parliamentarian (b ca 1605; bur 8 Dec 1669), by his 2nd w, Letitia, dau of William Kerr, of Linton, Roxburgh, Groom of Bedchamber to James I, and had issue,
1. Hon Catherine; b 9 March 1664; mar June 1682 as his 2nd w, William Fermor, 2nd Baron Leominster (see HESKETH, B); dspm bef 11 May 1687.
2. Hon Letitia; mar Sir William Monson, 4th Bt, of Carleton, Lincs (see MONSON, B); dsp 1734.
(continued) 3rd Baron Poulett mar 2ndly aft 15 July 1667, Lady Susan (d bef Dec 1693), eldest dau of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke (qv); d bef 26 June 1679, leaving an only s by his 2nd w,
John Poulett, 4th Baron Poulett later 1st Earl Poulett and Viscount Hinton St George, of Hinton St George in the County of Somerset [E] (so cr 24 Dec 1706), KG (1712), PC (1702-14); b ca 1668; Ld-Lt of Devons 1702-14; Commsnr for the Union 1706; 1st Ld of HMT 1710-11; Ld Steward 1711-14; Custos Rot: Devons 1711-14, Somersets 1713-14; mar aft 23 Apr 1702, Bridget (d 23 March 1747/48), paternal granddau of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey (see LINDSEY and ABINGDON, E); d 28 May 1743, leaving issue,
1. John, later 2nd Earl Poulett (see below).
2. Hon Peregrine MP, of Hinton St George, Somersets; b 10 Dec 1708 as twin with John; MP (Tory): Bossiney 1737-41, Bridgwater 1747-52; d unm 28 Aug 1752.
3. Vere, later 3rd Earl Poulett (see below).
4. Hon Anne (sic) MP; b 11 July 1711; educ Christ Church Oxf (admit 1729); MP (Tory) for Bridgwater 1769-85; d unm 5 July 1785.
The eldest s,
John Poulett, 2nd Earl Poulett; b 10 Dec 1708; educ Taunton GS; Ld of Bedchamber to George II 1731-55; sum vp to Parl as Baron Poulett on 16 Jan 1733/34; Ld-Lt of Somersets 1744-d; Col 1st Somerset Militia 1759; d unm 5 Nov 1764, when he was suc by his ygr surv bro,
Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett; b 18 May 1710; educ Christ Church Oxf, Lincoln’s Inn; MP (Tory) for Bridgwater 1741-47; Recorder of Bridgwater 1764; Ld-Lt of Devons 1771-d; mar 4 March 1755, Mary, dau and cohrss of Richard Butt, of Overton, Arlingham, Gloucs; d 14 Apr 1788, leaving issue,
1. John, later 4th Earl Poulett (see below).
2. Lt-Gen Hon Vere MP, of Addington House, Berks; b May 1761; educ Harrow 1774-76; Ensign 62nd RoF 1779; Lt 85th RoF 1779; Capt 1780; Capt 29th RoF 1781; Maj 56th RoF; Lt-Col 60th RoF; half-pay 1795; Brevet Col 1796; Maj-Gen (half-pay) 1802; Lt-Gen 1808; Lt-Col Bucks Vols 1803; MP (Tory) for Bridgwater 1790-96, 1806-07; mar bef 1789, — Beecher; d 15 March 1812, leaving issue,
2.1. John; b 1789; dvp young (?).
2.2. Mary Anne; d unm 11 Oct 1829.
2.3. Anne Lucy; b 1 Jan 1790; mar 6 Sept 1813, George Nugent, 2nd Baron Nugent (see TEMPLE OF STOWE, E); dsp 18 Apr 1848.
2.4. Vera Bridget; mar 17 Aug 1834, Dr J. N. Connel; d 22 Apr 1869.
2.5. Harriet Jane; d unm 23 March 1811.
2.6. Charlotte Anne; b 1798; dvp young (?).
The elder s,
John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett KT (1794); b 3 Apr 1756; Col 1779, 1794Col: East Devon Militia 1778-1803, Somerset Fencible Cav 1794, 1st (East) Somerset Militia 1803; Ld-Lt of Somersets 1792-d; Ld of Bedchamber to George III 1795-1819; mar 1stly 22 July 1782, Sophia (d 24 Jan 1811), aunt of Sir George Pocock, 1st Bt, of Hart, co Durham and Twickenham, Middx (d 1840) and dau and hrss of Adm Sir Charles Pocock KB, RN (d 3 Apr 1792); mar 2ndly 23 July 1816, Margaret, widow of Sir John Smith-Burges, 1st Bt, of East Ham, Essex (d 1803) and only child of Ynr Burges, of East Ham, by Margaret Browne; d 14 Jan 1819, leaving issue by his 1st w,
1. John, later 5th Earl Poulett (see below).
2. Lady Sophia; b 16 March 1785; mar 16 Nov 1809, Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland (see BARNARD, B); dsp 9 Jan 1859.
3. V-Adm Hon George RN; b 10 May 1786; mar 9 Dec 1811, Catherine Sophia (d 11 Apr 1831), eldest dau of Sir George Dallas, 1st Bt, of Upper Harley Str, Middx (d 14 Jan 1833), by Hon Margaret Catherine, 4th dau of Dorcas (née Stevenson), 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye suo jure (qv); d 10 Feb 1854, leaving issue,
3.1. Capt George; b 12 June 1821; dvp 5 Oct 1850.
3.2. Henry Vane Ashton HEICS; b 2 Apr 1824; dvp 26 Aug 1846.
3.3. William Henry, later 6th Earl Poulett (see below0.
3.4. John Powell; b 10 Dec 1828; dvp 2 Apr 1829.
3.5. Augusta Sophia Margaret; b 7 Feb 1820; dvp 11 Sept 1936.
4. Lady Mary; b 24 Feb 1788; mar 9 Aug 1821 as his 2nd w, Col Lord Charles Henry (b 12 Dec 1767; d 18 Feb 1831), 2nd s of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort KG (qv); d 11 June 1860, leaving issue.
5. Hon William; b 12 Sept 1789; dvp 28 Nov 1805.
6. Hon Vere, 4th Regt Ft Grds; b 7 Dec 1791; dvp 11 March 1812.
7. Lady Harriet Bridget; b 4 July 1793; d unm 13 Feb 1862.
8. Lady Catherine; b 29 July 1796; dvp 22 March 1816.
9. Hon Frederic Charles; b 6 July 1798; dvp 16 Nov 1808.
10. Lady Augusta; b 27 Dec 1801; d unm 11 Dec 1888.
The eldest s,
John Poulett, 5th Earl Poulett; b 5 July 1783; Capt 1st Somerset Militia 1801; Col: 2nd Somerset Militia 1804-19, 1st Somerset Militia 1819; mar 28 Aug 1820, Charlotte Fanny (d 27 March 1877), only dau and hrss of Henry Berkeley Portman, of Bryanston, Dorset, by Hon Lucy Elizabeth, 3rd dau of Charles Dormer, 8th Baron Dormer (qv); dsps 20 June 1864, leaving issue,
1. John Rolle, styled Viscount Hinton St George; b 8 June 1821; dvp 18 Aug 1843.
2. Col Vere, styled Viscount Hinton St George, 1st Somerset Militia; b 20 Aug 1822; dvp unm 29 Aug 1857.
3. Lady Margaret Charlotte; b 16 July 1830; dvp 31 May 1834.
4. Capt Hon Amias Lucien; b 6 Feb 1835; dvp unm 20 Feb 1857.
The nephew,
William Henry Poulett, 6th Earl Poulett; b 22 Sept 1827; Capt 22nd RoF 1852-57; served in Afghanistan 1854; mar 1stly 21 June 1849, Elizabeth Lavinia (d 9 Aug 1871), dau of Joseph Newman, of Wingfield Str, Landport, and had issue,
1. William Turnour Thomas, self-styled Viscount Hinton St George, of Grenville Hall, Droxford, co Wexford; b 15 Dec 1849; his claim to the peerage was rejected by the Cttee of Privileges on 3 July 1905 on grounds of bastardy, although he was born in wedlock, the cttee refused to be bound by the legal doctrine of “pater est quem nuptiae demonstrant”, when there was evidence proving that the m’s husband could not have been the f of the child; mar 6 Dec 1869, Lydia Ann (d 1908), dau of William Shippy, a general dealer; d 1909, leaving issue,
1.1. William Henry George; b 1 Apr 1870; a tea planter in Ceylon.
1.2. Maud Mary; b 1879.
(continued) 6th Earl Poulett mar 2ndly 20 Sept 1871, Emma Sophia Johnson (d 16 Sept 1876), having had 1 s (William Henry George, who was b 1 Apr 1870 and a dau, Maud, both prior to their marriage); mar 3rdly 1 March 1879, Rosa (d 2 Jan 1915), dau of Alfred Hugh Melville; d 22 Jan 1899, leaving further issue by his 3rd w,
1. Lady Eleanor Augusta Rosa; b 9 Oct 1879; d unm 23 Apr 1944.
2. Lady Violet Nita; b 5 Oct 1880; mar 6 Dec 1904, Capt Cecil John Talbot Rhys (b 25 July 1881; d 29 Apr 1915 from wounds received in action during WWI), 5th s of Edward Rhys Wingfield, of Barrington Park, Burford, Oxon; d 10 March 1966, leaving an only s,
2.1. Maj Edward William Rhys KRRC; b 26 Aug 1905; mar 30 May 1935, Lady Norah Beryz Cayzer (b 30 March 1910; d 1 Jan 2003), 4th dau of John Henry Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe GCB, OM, GCVO (qv); d 20 Jan 1984, leaving issue.
3. William John Lydston, later 7th Earl Poulett (see below).
The only legit s,
William John Lydston Poulett, 7th Earl Poulett JP (Somersets); b 11 Sept 1883; Capt Warwicks RHA; mar 2 Sept 1908, Sylvia Lillian, a Gaiety Girl (d 20 July 1947), dau of Frederick Story, a comedian; d 11 July 1918, leaving issue,
1. George Amias Lydston, later 8th Earl Poulett (see below).
2. Lady Bridget Elizabeth Felicia Augusta; b 29 Jan 1912; mar 1948, Luis Robledo; d 31 July 1978.
The only s,
George Amias Fitzwarrine Poultt, 8th Earl Poulett; b 23 June 1909; mar 1stly 21 June 1935 (div), Oriel Ross (b 10 June 1902; d 20 Oct 1994), dau of Rev John Howard Swinstead; mar 2ndly 17 Dec 1941, Lorraine (dsp 18 May 1961), dau of Waklin Lawrence, of Svendborg, Denmark; mar 3rdly 12 Sept 1968, (Margaret) Christine (b ca 1937; dsp 27 March 2018), dau of Wilfred John Peter Ball, of Reading, Berks; dsp 1 March 1973, whereupon his death all the peerages became EXTINCT.
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