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Marquess of Winchester is a title in the Peerage of England that was created in 1551 for the prominent statesman William Paulet, 1st Earl of Wiltshire. It is the oldest of six surviving English marquessates; therefore its holder is considered the premier marquess of England.
Arms of William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester, KG, circumscribed by the Garter, Mapperton Church, Dorset. William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester KG PC (c. 1483/1485 – 10 March 1572), styled Lord St John between 1539 and 1550 and Earl of Wiltshire between 1550 and 1551, was an English Lord High Treasurer, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and statesman.
Born at Amport House in 1801 as the eldest son of the 13th Marquess of Winchester, he was educated at Eton. [1] On 10 April 1817, he was commissioned a cornet in the 10th Light Dragoons, [2] bought a lieutenancy on 16 November 1820, [3] and a captaincy in the 35th Regiment of Foot on 12 June 1823. [4] He exchanged into the 8th Hussars the same ...
He had an elder brother, Augustus, Earl of Wiltshire (later the 15th Marquess of Winchester, 1858–1899), and elder sister, Lady Lilian Mary (1859–1952), who married Randolph Wemyss. [ 3 ] He was educated at Burney's Royal Naval Academy , Gosport , before travelling widely, hunting big game in the Rocky Mountains and visiting India , Ceylon ...
The English title Marquess of Winchester, created in 1551, is the earliest still extant, so is Premier Marquess of England. The title long remained less common, and on the evening of the Coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838, the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne explained to her (from her journals):
Nigel George Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester (23 December 1941 – 8 April 2016) was a British peer and the premier marquess of England. He succeeded a cousin in the title in 1968. Lord Winchester lived in South Africa . [ 1 ]
The Marquess of Salisbury: 1789 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury [2] Great Britain Robert Edward William Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne: 9 The Marquess of Bath: 1789 Ceawlin Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath: Great Britain John Thynn, Viscount Weymouth: 10 The Marquess of Hertford: 1793 Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford ...
Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester This page was last edited on 4 August 2018, at 17:56 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...