George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester

Who was George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester?

George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester, known as George Paulet or Powlett until 1794, was an English courtier and nobleman.

George was the eighth and youngest son of Norton Paulet, or Powlett, of Amport. Norton was the grandson of Lord Henry Paulet, of Amport, and the great-grandson of William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester.

Paulet held a series of court posts. On 29 October 1750, he was appointed an Extra Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and served until the Prince's death in 1751. From 1758 to 1772, he was a Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to Frederick's widow, Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales. In 1761, Paulet was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire. On 7 January 1762, he married Martha Ingoldsby, by whom he had three children:

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Lady Urania Anne Paulet, married first on 17 March 1785 Henry de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, married second on 28 October 1799 Col. Peter Kington, and married third on 22 May 1813 V-Adm. Sir Joseph Sidney Yorke, having issue by the second marriage only