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Authorised form of namePoulett; John (? 1668 - 1743); 1st Earl Poulett
Dates? 1668 - 1743
NationalityBritish
Date of birthAfter July 1667
Date of death28 May 1743
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Hinton St George, Somerset
ActivityCareer:
Lord Lieutenant of Devon (1702, 1710-1714); Custos Rotulorum of Devon (1702); Privy Councillor (1702-1714); Commissioner for the Union of England and Scotland (1706); First Lord of the Treasury (1710-1711); Lord Steward of the Household (1711-1714); Custos Rotulorum of Somerset (1712-1714)
Honours:
Viscount Hinton and Earl Poulett 1706; KG 1712
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election03/04/1706
RelationshipsSon of John Poulett, 3rd Baron Poulett, and his second wife, Susan, daughter of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke, and his second wife, Catherine, daughter of Sir William Villiers, Bart (married July 1667); succeeded his father as 4th Baron Poulett (1680); married Bridget, daughter of the Hon Peregrine Bertie of Waldershare, Kent and his wife, Susan, daughter of Sir Edward Monins, Bart, of Waldershare; brother-in-law of Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (FRS 1685)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; GEC
References:
Gentleman's Magazine 1743, p332 (obituary)
London Magazine 1743, p311 (obituary)
CodeNA522
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