William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney
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 went then 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 of the United Kingdom between January and February 1763.[4]
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[5] and was buried in Westminster Abbey two months later.[4] His father died only a year later and the titles became extinct.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Westminster". Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 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". Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- 1 2 "ThePeerage - William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney". Retrieved 26 December 2006.
- ↑ Conolly, Matthew Forster (1866). Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Men of Fife of Past and Present Times. Cupa, Fife: John C. Orr. p. 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 |