Biography of William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett 1827-1899

On 9th December 1811 [his father] George Paulett [aged 25] and [his mother] Catherine Sophia Dallas [aged 22] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] John Paulett 4th Earl Paulett [aged 55].

On 22nd September 1827 William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett was born to George Paulett [aged 41] and Catherine Sophia Dallas [aged 38].

On 11th April 1831 [his mother] Catherine Sophia Dallas [aged 41] died.

On 23rd June 1849 William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett [aged 21] and Elizabeth Lavinia Newman Countess Poulett were married.

On 15th December 1849 [his son] William Turnour Thomas Poulett was born to William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett [aged 22] and [his wife] Elizabeth Lavinia Newman Countess Poulett. Given that he was born six months after his parents were married his paternity was subject to some doubt. His father William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett suspected Captain William Turnor Granville was the boys father and barred him from successoin to the Earl Paulett title.

In 1854 [his father] George Paulett [aged 68] died.

In 1864 [his uncle] John Paulett 5th Earl Paulett [aged 80] died. His nephew William [aged 36] succeeded 6th Earl Poulett, 9th Baron Poulett. [his wife] Elizabeth Lavinia Newman Countess Poulett by marriage Countess Poulett.

On 9th August 1871 Elizabeth Lavinia Newman Countess Poulett died. Six weeks later he married his second wife Emma Sophia Johnson Countess Poulett.

On 20th September 1871 William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett [aged 43] and Emma Sophia Johnson Countess Poulett were married six weeks after the death of his first wife Elizabeth Lavinia Newman Countess Poulett. She by marriage Countess Poulett.

In 1876 [his wife] Emma Sophia Johnson Countess Poulett died.

On 1st March 1879 William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett [aged 51] and Rosa Melville Countess Poulett were married. She by marriage Countess Poulett.

In 1880 [his daughter] Violet Nita Poulett was born to William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett [aged 52] and [his wife] Rosa Melville Countess Poulett.

On 11th September 1883 [his son] William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett was born to William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett [aged 55] and [his wife] Rosa Melville Countess Poulett. He married 1908 Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett and had issue.

On 22nd January 1899 William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett [aged 71] died. His son William [aged 15] succeeded 7th Earl Poulett, 10th Baron Poulett.

The sixth earl's eldest son William Turnour Thomas Poulett [aged 53] claimed the title. On 27th July 1903 the House of Lords determined the dispute in favour of William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett somewhat contrary to the principle that the child of a woman born in wedlock was the child of her husband.

Report made from the Committee of Privileges:

That the Petitioner, William Turnour Thomas Poulett, claiming to be Viscount Hinton of Hinton St. George and Earl Poulett, both in the Peerage of England, hath not made out his claim to the dignities, titles, and honours of Viscount Hinton of Hinton St. George and Earl Poulett.

That the Petitioner, Rosa Countess Poulett, formerly the wife and now the widow of William Henry, sixth Earl Poulett, as a testamentary guardian of her infant son William John Lydston, claiming to be Viscount Hinton of Hinton St. George, in the county of Somerset, and seventh Earl Poulett, both in the Peerage of England, hath made out her claim that the said William John Lydston Poulett should be declared to be by right entitled to the dignities, titles, and honours of Viscount Hinton of Hinton St. George and Earl Poulett.

Read, and agreed to; and resolved and adjudged accordingly; and Resolution and Judgment to be laid before His Majesty by the Lords with White Staves.

On 18th May 1901 Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland [aged 81] died. In her will she left £5000 to [his grandson] William Henry George Poulett [aged 31], son of William Turnour Thomas Poulett [aged 51] who had been dis-inherited by his father William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett.