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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.
The title of Marquess of Dublin, which is perhaps best described as Anglo-Irish, was the first to be created, in 1385, but like the next few creations, the title was soon forfeit. The title of Marquess of Pembroke , created in 1532 by Henry VIII for Anne Boleyn , has the distinction of being the first English hereditary peerage granted to a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Charles Powlett (sometimes spelled Paulet), 3rd Duke of Bolton (3 September 1685 – 26 August 1754), styled Earl of Wiltshire from 1685 until 1699, and Marquess of Winchester from 1699 until 1722, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the English House of Commons from 1705 to 1708 and in the British House of Commons between 1708 and 1717, when he was raised to the peerage as ...
Lord Winchester was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Yeomanry regiment Hampshire Carabiniers on 16 January 1901, and was promoted to captain on 6 December 1902. [8] During the First World War , Winchester was re-commissioned as a Lieutenant into the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment , and was later a captain in the Hampshire ...
The sale of his lands was discontinued by order of parliament on 15 March 1660, and after the Restoration Winchester received them back. It was proposed on 3 August 1660 to recompense him for his losses to the amount of 19,000l. and damages, subsequently reduced to 10,000l., and this was agreed to on 2 July 1661.