William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney

William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney (9 January 1731 – 12 February 1763)^[1] was a British Whig politician and soldier.

Arms of Pulteney: *Argent, a fess dancettée gules in chief three leopard's faces sable*

Early life edit

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 went then to Turin.^[2]

Career edit

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 of the United Kingdom between January and 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]

References edit

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "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.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Earl of Middlesex Simon Fanshawe	Member of Parliament for Old Sarum 1754 – 1761 With: Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc 1754–1756 Sir William Calvert 1756–1761	Succeeded by Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc Howell Gwynne
Preceded by John Crosse Edward Cornwallis	Member of Parliament for Westminster 1761 – 1763 With: Edward Cornwallis 1761–1762 Edwin Sandys 1762–1763	Succeeded by Edwin Sandys Lord Warkworth
Political offices
New office	Lord of the Bedchamber 1760 – 1763	Succeeded by The Lord Willoughby de Broke

[RayWest-1] "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)

[Commons-2] ^ ^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.

[3] "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-4] Conolly, Matthew Forster (1866). Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Men of Fife of Past and Present Times. Cupa, Fife: John C. Orr. pp. 148.

[Burke-5] Burke, John (1831). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 442.

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