William Pulteney | |
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 Pulteney by
Joshua Reynolds, 1761 | |
| Member of the British House of Commons | |
| In office 1754 – 12 February 1763 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Sackville |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Percy |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 January 1731 |
| Died | 12 February 1763 (aged 32) Madrid, Spain |
| Resting place | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Whig |
| Parent | William Pulteney |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Great Britain |
| Years of service | 1759-1761 |
| Battles/wars | |
William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney (9 January 1731 – 12 February 1763) [1] was a British Whig politician and soldier.
He was the only son of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath and his wife Anna Maria Gumley, daughter of John Gumley. [2] Pulteney was educated at Westminster School from 1740 to 1747 and began his Grand Tour in the following year. [2] He traveled with John Douglas first to Leipzig, met his parents in Paris in 1749, and then went to Turin. [2]
In 1754, he entered the British House of Commons, sitting for Old Sarum until 1761. [3] Subsequently, he represented Westminster as Member of Parliament (MP) until his death in 1763. [1] Pulteney was appointed Lord of the Bedchamber in 1760 [2] and served as Aide-de-Camp to King George III from January to February 1763.[ citation needed]
In 1759, his father raised the 85th Regiment of Foot and Pulteney became its lieutenant-colonel. [2] He took part with his regiment in the Capture of Belle Île in February 1761 and moved in November to Portugal. [2] On his return to England in 1763, he died of fever in Madrid, unmarried and childless [4] and was buried in Westminster Abbey two months later.[ citation needed] His father died only a year later and the titles became extinct. [5]
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"Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Westminster". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) - ^ a b c d e f Sir Lewis Namier, John Brooke, ed. (2002). The House of Commons, 1754-1790. Vol. I. London: Secker & Warburg. pp. 339–340.
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"Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Old Sarum". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) - ^ Conolly, Matthew Forster (1866). Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Men of Fife of Past and Present Times. Cupa, Fife: John C. Orr. pp. 148.
- ^ Burke, John (1831). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 442.
William Pulteney | |
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|
Pulteney by
Joshua Reynolds, 1761 | |
| Member of the British House of Commons | |
| In office 1754 – 12 February 1763 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Sackville |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Percy |
| Constituency |
|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 January 1731 |
| Died | 12 February 1763 (aged 32) Madrid, Spain |
| Resting place | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Whig |
| Parent | William Pulteney |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Great Britain |
| Years of service | 1759-1761 |
| Battles/wars | |
William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney (9 January 1731 – 12 February 1763) [1] was a British Whig politician and soldier.
He was the only son of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath and his wife Anna Maria Gumley, daughter of John Gumley. [2] Pulteney was educated at Westminster School from 1740 to 1747 and began his Grand Tour in the following year. [2] He traveled with John Douglas first to Leipzig, met his parents in Paris in 1749, and then went to Turin. [2]
In 1754, he entered the British House of Commons, sitting for Old Sarum until 1761. [3] Subsequently, he represented Westminster as Member of Parliament (MP) until his death in 1763. [1] Pulteney was appointed Lord of the Bedchamber in 1760 [2] and served as Aide-de-Camp to King George III from January to February 1763.[ citation needed]
In 1759, his father raised the 85th Regiment of Foot and Pulteney became its lieutenant-colonel. [2] He took part with his regiment in the Capture of Belle Île in February 1761 and moved in November to Portugal. [2] On his return to England in 1763, he died of fever in Madrid, unmarried and childless [4] and was buried in Westminster Abbey two months later.[ citation needed] His father died only a year later and the titles became extinct. [5]
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"Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Westminster". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) - ^ a b c d e f Sir Lewis Namier, John Brooke, ed. (2002). The House of Commons, 1754-1790. Vol. I. London: Secker & Warburg. pp. 339–340.
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^
"Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Old Sarum". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) - ^ Conolly, Matthew Forster (1866). Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Men of Fife of Past and Present Times. Cupa, Fife: John C. Orr. pp. 148.
- ^ Burke, John (1831). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 442.