Lord William Powlett

Lord William Powlett (baptized 18 August 1666 – 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.

Career

Lord William held a number of offices, including:

• 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. Lord William became Father of the House of Commons in 1724, on the demise of Richard Vaughan, the member for Carmarthen.

Marriages and issue

William Powlett married twice:

• 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:

• He married as his second wife, Anne Egerton (died 1737) in October 1699, by whom he had one daughter:

Death

He died on 25 September 1729, in his 63rd year, through a fall from his horse when riding in Hyde Park, London. Both his sons sat for various Hampshire boroughs as Whigs under George II.