Lord Nassau Powlett

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Lord Nassau Powlett KB (23 June 1698 – 24 August 1741) was an English army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1720 to 1734 and in 1741.

Powlett was the only son of Charles Powlett, 2nd Duke of Bolton by his third wife Henrietta Crofts a granddaughter of Charles II of England and his mistress Lucy Walter.

He joined the army and was a cornet in the 12th Dragoons in 1715, captain in the 6th Dragoon Guards in 1718 and in the Royal Horse Guards in 1721.

He was returned as Member of Parliament for Hampshire in a by-election on 22 June 1720 and held the seat until the 1727 general election. In 1725, he became one of the founder knights of the Order of the Bath. He was returned as MP for Lymington in 1727 and held the seat until 1734 when he did not stand again. He regained his seat at Lymington in the 1741 general election but died soon after on 24 August. [1]

In 1731, he married Lady Isabella Tufton, daughter of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet. Powlett's only child, a daughter Isabella Paulet (who died on 8 September 1821), married on 4 June 1765 John Perceval, 3rd Earl of Egmont.

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References

  1. "POWLETT, Lord Nassau (1698-1741)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
George Pitt
John Wallop
Member of Parliament for Hampshire
17201727
With: George Pitt 1720–1722
Lord Harry Powlett 1722–1727
Succeeded by
Lord Harry Powlett
Sir John Cope, Bt
Preceded by
Paul Burrard
Sir Gilbert Heathcote
Member of Parliament for Lymington
17271734
With: Anthony Morgan 1727–1729
William Powlett 1729–1734
Succeeded by
Sir John Cope, Bt
Maurice Bocland
Preceded by
Sir John Cope, Bt
Maurice Bocland
Member of Parliament for Lymington
17411741
With: Sir Harry Burrard
Succeeded by
Sir Harry Burrard
Charles Powlett