Marquess of Winchester
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Subsidiary titles | Earl of Wiltshire Baron St John |
Status | Extant |
Motto | Aimez Loyaulté (Love Loyalty) |
Marquess of Winchester is a title in the
History
The peerage was created in 1551 for the prominent statesman
He was succeeded by his son, the sixth marquess. The sixth marquess was a supporter of
However, the barony of Pawlett of Basing became extinct as he had no legitimate offspring while he was succeeded in the other titles by his younger brother, the fourth duke. He notably served as a
The sixth duke was succeeded in the Barony of St John, the Earldom of Wiltshire and the Marquessate of Winchester by his third cousin once removed George Paulet, who became the twelfth marquess. He was the great-grandson of Lord Henry Paulet, third son of the fourth marquess. He had earlier represented Winchester in Parliament. His son, the thirteenth marquess, was a member of Parliament for Truro and served as Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire. In 1839 Lord Winchester assumed the additional surname of Burroughs. He was succeeded by his son, the fourteenth marquess. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire. His son, the fifteenth marquess, was a major in the Coldstream Guards and was killed in action at the Battle of Magersfontein in 1899 during the Second Boer War. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixteenth marquess. He was Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire and Chairman of the Hampshire County Council. On his death in 1962 at the age of 99 the line of the fourteenth marquess failed.
He was succeeded by his first cousin twice removed, the seventeenth marquess. He was the great-grandson of the Reverend Lord Charles Paulet, second son of the thirteenth marquess. On the seventeenth marquess's death in 1968 this line of the family also failed and the title passed to the seventeenth marquess's first cousin once removed, the eighteenth marquess, who died in 2016. Lord Winchester lived in South Africa.
The surname of the later dukes of Bolton is usually spelled "Powlett" rather than "Paulet". This spelling continues to be used by the Orde-Powlett family.
The Marquessate of Winchester is the oldest English marquessate still in existence, and as a result the holder of the peerage is the premier marquess of England. The marquess of Winchester is also the only one in the
Earl of Wiltshire is used as the courtesy title of Lord Winchester's eldest son and heir, while Lord Wiltshire's son and heir has the courtesy title Lord St John.
One of the main family seats was Basing House, near Old Basing, Hampshire.
Marquesses of Winchester (1551)
- William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester (died 1572)
- John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester (c. 1510–1576)
- William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester (c. 1535–1598)
- William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester (c. 1560–1628)
- John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester (c. 1598–1674)
- Charles Paulet, 6th Marquess of Winchester (died 1699) (created Duke of Bolton in 1689)
Dukes of Bolton (1689)
- Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton (died 1699)
- Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton (1661–1722)
- Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton (1685–1754)
- Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton (1691–1759)
- Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton (died 1765)
- Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton (1720–1794)
- The line was continued by the descendants of the 5th duke's natural daughter whose husband (Thomas Orde) was created Baron Bolton in 1797.
Marquesses of Winchester (1551; reverted)
- George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester (1722–1800)
- Charles Ingoldsby Paulet, 13th Marquess of Winchester (1765–1843)
- John Paulet, 14th Marquess of Winchester (1801–1887)
- Augustus John Henry Beaumont Paulet, 15th Marquess of Winchester (1858–1899)
- Henry William Montague Paulet, 16th Marquess of Winchester (1862–1962)
- Richard Charles Paulet, 17th Marquess of Winchester (1905–1968)
- Nigel George Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester (1941–2016)[3]
- Christopher John Hilton Paulet, 19th Marquess of Winchester (born 1969)
Present peer
Christopher John Hilton Paulet, 19th Marquess of Winchester (born 30 July 1969) is the son of the 18th Marquess and his wife Rosemary Anne Hilton. From birth until 2016 he was styled formally as Earl of Wiltshire. He was a guitarist with the pop group Wizard[dubious ]. On 8 April 2016, he succeeded as Marquess of Winchester (1551), Earl of Wiltshire (1550), and Baron St. John (1539), all in the peerage of England.[4]
In 1992, he married Christine Town, daughter of Peter Town, and they have a son, Michael John Paulet, Earl of Wiltshire (born 1999), who is heir apparent to the peerages.[4]
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Notes
This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2013) |
- ^ George Edward Cokayne (1898). Complete Peerage. Vol. 5. pp. 172–175.
- ^ Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 1. London: Longmans, Green. p. 200. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ Legal Notices. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 703.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]