William Paulet | |
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Marquess of Winchester Baron St. John |
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Arms of Paulet, Marquess of Winchester: Sable, three swords pilewise points in base proper pomels and hilts or
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Spouse(s) | Lucy Cecil |
Issue
William Paulet
Thomas Paulet John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester Henry Paulet Charles Paulet Edward |
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Noble family | Paulet |
Father | William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester |
Mother | Anne Howard |
Born | Before 1560 |
Died | 4 February 1629 (aged 68–69) |
Buried |
St. Mary's Church, Basing, Hampshire 51°16′17″N 1°02′48″W / 51.271389°N 1.046667°W |
William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester (bef. 1560 – 4 February 1629) was an English nobleman, the son of William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester and Anne or Agnes Howard. He was styled Lord St. John from 1576 to 1598. He was summoned to Parliament on 16 January 1581 in his father's barony as Lord St. John. On 24 November 1598, he succeeded his father as 4th Marquess of Winchester. Paulet experienced great financial difficulties arising from his magnificent style of living and his lavish entertainment of Elizabeth I at Basing House.
He married on 28 February 1587 at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Lady Lucy Cecil, daughter of Sir Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and his first wife, Dorothy Neville. Lucy and William had six children:
His wife, Lucy, died 1 October 1614 and was buried a month later in the Cecil vault in Westminster Abbey.
William Paulet died at Hackwood, near Basingstoke, on 4 February 1629, and was buried at Basing, Hampshire.