Charles Paulet, 13th Marquess of Winchester

Who was Charles Paulet, 13th Marquess of Winchester?

Charles Ingoldsby Paulet, 13th Marquess of Winchester PC was a British peer and courtier, styled Earl of Wiltshire from 1794 until 1800.

Born Lord Charles Ingoldsby Paulet, he was the eldest son of the 12th Marquess of Winchester and was educated at Eton and Clare College, Cambridge. After graduating, he served with the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards as an ensign from 1784–86 then sat in the Commons as Member of Parliament for Truro from 1792–96. He then returned to the military that year as a Lt.-Col. in the North Hampshire Militia and became Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire in 1798. He also married Anne Andrews that year and they had seven children:

John Paulet, 14th Marquess of Winchester

Lord Charles Paulet, a religious minister, married Caroline Ramsden firstly; remarried to Joan Granville

Lord George Paulet, an admiral, married Georgina Wood

Lord William Paulet, a field marshal, died unmarried

Lord Frederick Paulet, a soldier and equerry to the Duchess of Cambridge, died unmarried

Lady Annabella, married Rear-Admiral William Ramsden