Lord William Powlett

Lord William Powlett (baptized 18 August 1666 – 25 September 1729) was an English Member of Parliament. He was the younger son of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, and his second wife, Mary Scrope. Career Lord William held a number of offices, including: Freeman, Winchester 1689, Lymington, 1689 Deputy Lieutenant for Hampshire, 1689–1729 Commissioner for assessment, Hampshire and Yorkshire (West Riding), 1689–90 Captain of militia foot, Winchester, by 1697 Recorder, Grimsby, 1699–1729 Justice of the Peace, Hampshire and Lincolnshire, 1699–1729 Mayor of Lymington, Hampshire, 1701–5, 1724–5, 1728–1729 Keeper of Rhinefield walk, New Forest, 1718–1729 Farmer of green-wax fines, 1690–1706 Teller of the Exchequer, 1714–1729 He served as Member of Parliament for Winchester from 1689 to 1710, for Lymington from 1710 to 1715 and for Winchester from 1715 until his death in 1729. Lord William became Father of the House of Commons in 1724, on the demise of Richard Vaughan, the member for Carmarthen.