Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett
Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett (18 May 1710 – 14 April 1788), styled The Honourable Vere Poulett until 1764, was an English peer.
Poulett was the son of
Taunton Grammar School.[2] He was returned to parliament for Bridgwater in 1741, a seat he held until 1747.[3] He succeeded his elder brother in the earldom in 1764. In 1771 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Devon,[4]
which he remained until his death.
Lord Poulett married Mary Butt, daughter of Richard Butt, of Arlington, Gloucestershire. Their younger son the Honourable Vere Poulett was a soldier and politician. Lord Poulett died in April 1788, aged 77, and was succeeded in the earldom by his elder son, John. The Countess Poulett died in April 1819.[1]
References
- ^ a b thepeerage.com Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett
- ^ Nicholas Carlisle, A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools (1818), p. 432
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
- ^ "No. 11112". The London Gazette. 22 January 1771. p. 1.