Lord William Powlett

Lord William Powlett (baptized 18 August 1666 – 25 September 1729) was an English MP. He was the younger son of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton and his second wife, Mary Scrope.

Lord William held a number of offices, including:

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.

William Powlett married twice:

He died on 25 September 1729, in his 63rd year, through a fall from his horse when riding in Hyde Park, London. Both his sons sat for various Hampshire boroughs as Whigs under George II.