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Baron Poulett

Baron Poulett is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.

                    Summary
                
                    23rd June 1627. 1st.  John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett [aged 42] created.
                
                    20th March 1649. 2nd. Son  John Paulett 2nd Baron Paulett [aged 34] succeeded.
                
                    15th September 1665. 3rd. Son  John Paulett 3rd Baron Paulett [aged 24] succeeded.
                
                    June 1679. 4th. Son  John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett [aged 11] succeeded.
                
                    28th May 1743. 5th. Son  John Paulett 2nd Earl Paulett [aged 35] succeeded.
                
                    1764. 6th. Brother Vere Paulett 3rd Earl Paulett [aged 54] succeeded.
                
                    1788. 7th. Son  John Paulett 4th Earl Paulett [aged 31] succeeded.
                
                    14th January 1819. 8th. Son  John Paulett 5th Earl Paulett [aged 35] succeeded.
                
                    1864. 9th. Nephew William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett [aged 36] succeeded.
                
                    22nd January 1899. 10th. Son  William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett [aged 15] succeeded.
                
                    11th July 1918. 11th. Son  George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett [aged 9] succeeded.
                
                    1st March 1973. 11th.  George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett extinct.

On 23rd June 1627 John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett [aged 42] was created 1st Baron Poulett. Elizabeth Ken Baroness Poulett by marriage Baroness Poulett.

In 1648 John Paulett 2nd Baron Paulett [aged 33] and Catherine Vere Baroness Poulett [aged 35] were married. She by marriage Baroness Poulett.

On 20th March 1649 John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett [aged 64] died. His son John [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Baron Poulett.

On 15th September 1665 John Paulett 2nd Baron Paulett [aged 50] died. His son John [aged 24] succeeded 3rd Baron Poulett. Essex Popham Baroness Poulett [aged 23] by marriage Baroness Poulett.

In or before 1668 John Paulett 3rd Baron Paulett [aged 26] and Susan Herbert Baroness Poulett [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Baroness Poulett. She the daughter of Philip Herbert 5th Earl Pembroke 2nd Earl Montgomery [aged 46] and Catherine Villiers Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 46]. They were third cousin once removed.

In June 1679 John Paulett 3rd Baron Paulett [aged 38] died. His son John [aged 11] succeeded 4th Baron Poulett.

On 28th May 1743 John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett [aged 75] died. His son John [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Earl Poulett, 5th Baron Poulett.

In 1764 John Paulett 2nd Earl Paulett [aged 56] died. His brother Vere [aged 54] succeeded 3rd Earl Poulett, 6th Baron Poulett.

In 1788 Vere Paulett 3rd Earl Paulett [aged 78] died. His son John [aged 31] succeeded 4th Earl Poulett, 7th Baron Poulett. Sophia Pocock Countess Paulett by marriage Countess Poulett.

On 14th January 1819 John Paulett 4th Earl Paulett [aged 62] died. His son John [aged 35] succeeded 5th Earl Poulett, 8th Baron Poulett. Charlotte Fanny Portman Countess Paulett by marriage Countess Poulett.

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

                    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 11th July 1918 William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett [aged 34] died in the flu pandemic. His son George [aged 9] succeeded 8th Earl Poulett, 11th Baron Poulett.

On 1st March 1973 George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett [aged 63] died. Earl Poulett and Baron Poulett extinct.