Henry Paulet, 16th Marquess of Winchester

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Born30 October 1862
Died28 June 1962 (aged 99)
Amport House, the principal family seat

Henry William Montagu(e) Paulet, 16th Marquess of Winchester (30 October 1862 – 28 June 1962) was an English peer, landowner, soldier, sportsman, politician and business man. He was known as Lord Henry Paulet from 1887 until 1899.

After a youth spent largely in travelling and hunting, he became

Rifle Brigade during the First World War. In the 1920s he was associated in business with Clarence Hatry, which led to his bankruptcy in 1930. When he died in Monte Carlo at the age of 99 he was the oldest-ever member of the House of Lords
.

Early life

The younger son of the

Ceylon, China and Japan. In 1891 he went to South Africa, where he became a friend and hunting companion of Cecil Rhodes.[1][2]

Peerage

Paulet inherited the family titles and estates in 1899 on the death of his older brother, the 15th Marquess,[2][3] who was killed in action at the Battle of Magersfontein.[4]

As Paulet had no children, after his death in 1962, the title passed to Richard Charles Paulet (1905-1968), his first cousin twice removed through Charles Paulet, 13th Marquess of Winchester.[5] His stake in the family's settled land was probated at £56,100 (equivalent to about £1,200,000 in 2021) plus a fraction of that including other assets in three grants in 1963.[6]

Career

He was

Custos Rotulorum from 1904 to 1917, Chairman of Hampshire County Council from 1904 to 1909, and President of the Territorial Association from 1909 to 1917.[3]

Lord Winchester was commissioned a

Rifle Brigade. He served in the British Expeditionary Force in France from 1915 to 1917.[3]

During the 1920s, he entered the world of business in association with

Wall Street Crash began.[2] In April 1930, in the High Court, a firm of stockbrokers succeeded in making Winchester personally liable to pay them £2,996, plus their legal costs, in connection with shares he had bought "on behalf of Austin Friars Trust", a Hatry company. However, in finding for the plaintiffs, the judge, Mr Justice Hawke, described Winchester as a "person of honesty and integrity" who was doubtless speaking what he believed to be the truth.[8] On 8 November 1930, Winchester was declared bankrupt,[9] and subsequently spent most of the rest of his life abroad. In 1932 he was discharged from bankruptcy.[2] He was joint managing director of the City of London Electric Lighting Company from 1915-28.[10]

In England he had lived at Amport House near Andover, at Denton Hall in Northumberland that he inherited from his mother, who was the second daughter and co-heiress to Henry Robinson-Montagu, 6th Baron Rokeby and at 1, Portland Place, Westminster.[8] During the Second World War Amport House was taken over by RAF Maintenance Command. Winchester died in Monte Carlo on 28 June 1962 at the age of ninety-nine.[2][3] For more than a year he had been the oldest ever member of the House of Lords, having surpassed the record previously held by Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury (1823–1921).[2]

Personal life

In 1892 Lord Henry Paulet married Charlotte Howard, a daughter of Colonel Howard of Ballina Park,

Eve Fleming in Nassau. She cared for the elderly Paulet in Monte Carlo until his death in 1962. He had no surviving children.[3]

References

  1. ^ 'The Premier Marquess' in Vanity Fair dated 3 November 1904
  2. ^ a b c d e f 'Lord Winchester Premier Marquess of England' (obituary), in The Times, Issue 55431 dated Saturday, June 30, 1962, p. 10, col. E
  3. ^ a b c d e ‘WINCHESTER, 16th Marquess of’, in Who Was Who (A. & C. Black, 1920–2008), online edition by Oxford University Press, 2007, accessed 12 December 2011
  4. ^ Augustus John Henry Beaumont Paulet, 15th Marquess of Winchester at thepeerage.com, accessed 12 December 2011
  5. ^ The Peerage: Richard Charles Paulet, 17th Marquess of Winchester
  6. ^ https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk Calendar of Probates and Administrations
  7. ^ "No. 27501". The London Gazette. 5 December 1902. p. 8444.
  8. ^ a b "High Court of Justice King's Bench Division, Marquess of Winchester Sued: Chandler and Co. v. Winchester" The Times, Issue 45501 dated Thursday, May 1, 1930, pg. 5, col. F
  9. ^ Lords Report, 12 November 1930 (Preamble) at api.parliament.uk, accessed 12 December 2011
  10. ^ Garcke (1916–1929). Manual of Electrical Undertakings (Vols.12-32). London: Garcke.
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
1904–1918 		Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Marquess of Winchester
1899–1962 		Succeeded by
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