William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester, Lord St John from 1576, summoned to Parliament in his father’s barony in 1581, 4th Marquess of Winchester from 24 November 1598, 4th Earl of Wiltshire, 4th Baron St John, landowner of Basing and Hackwood., Styled Lord St John from 1576, summoned to Parliament by writ of acceleration in his father's barony in 1581, succeeded as 4th Marquess of Winchester, 4th Earl of Wiltshire and 4th Baron St John of Basing on 24 November 1598., Styled Lord St John of Basing from approximately 1576 until 1598, summoned to Parliament on 16 January 1581 by writ in his father's barony
Dates: before 1560–4 February 1629
Biography
William Paulet was the heir of the 3rd Marquess of Winchester. He was styled Lord St John before succeeding to the marquessate. He married Lucy Cecil on 28 February 1586/7 and became 4th Marquess of Winchester in 1598. He was associated with Basing House and later Hackwood, and died at Hackwood in 1629.
Notes / Sources
Wikimedia Commons, Marquess of Winchester arms — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marquess_of_Winchester_COA.svg
Cracroft’s Peerage, Winchester, Marquess of — https://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/winchester1551.htm
History of Parliament, John Paulet — https://dev.historyofparliamentonline.org/lord-biography/paulet-john-c-1598-1675
Warner, The Catholic Peerage and the House of Lords, 1604–1624 — https://eprints.chi.ac.uk/7344/1/DWarner_THE_CATHOLIC_PEERAGE_AND_THE_HOUSE_OF_LORDS_1604-1624.pdf
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Paulet of Basing and Winchester
Father: William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester
Mother: Anne or Agnes Howard, daughter of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham
Spouse(s): Lucy Cecil
Children / next generation: William Paulet, Lord St John; Thomas Paulet; John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester; Henry Paulet of Amport; Charles Paulet; Edward Paulet
Armorial Registry
Paulet of Basing — William Paulet, Lord St John of Basing, heir apparent to the 3rd Marquess and pre-succession cadet form
Branch: Paulet of Basing and Hackwood; heir apparent and eldest son of William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester
Issued / recorded: 1576
Winchester — William Paulet, 4th Marquess and Cecil-married succession
Branch: Paulet of Basing; direct Winchester line through the Cecil marriage
Issued / recorded: 1598
Paulet of Basing and Hackwood — William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester
Branch: Basing and Hackwood; fourth succession to the Marquessate of Winchester
Issued / recorded: 1598-11-24
Paulet of Basing and Winchester — William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester, Lord St John
Branch: Paulet of Basing and Hackwood; 4th Marquessate of Winchester
Issued / recorded: 1598-11-24
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