Background
He was the younger son of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton and his second wife, Mary Scrope.
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Lord William Powlett
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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) 1689-1690 Captain of militia foot, Winchester by 1697 Recorder, Grimsby 1699-1729 Justice of the Peace Hampshire and Lincolnshire 1699-1729 Mayor, Lymington 1701-1705, 1724-1725, 1728-1729 Keeper of Rhinefield walk, New Forest 1718-1729 Farmer of green-wax fines 1690-1706 Teller of the Exchequer 1714-1729 Lord William became Father of the House of Commons in 1724, on the demise of Richard Vaughan, the member for Carmarthen. He died on 25 September 1729, in his 63rd year, through a fall from his horse when riding in Hyde Park, London.
Membership
1st Parliament of Great Britain. 2nd Parliament of Great Britain. 3rd Parliament of Great Britain.
4th Parliament of Great Britain.
6th Parliament of Great Britain. 7th Parliament of Great Britain.
5th Parliament of Great Britain]
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.
