John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett

John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett (1585 – 20 March 1649), of Hinton St George, Somerset, was an English sailor and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1610 and 1621 and was later raised to the peerage.

Arms of Paulet/Poulett: Sable, three swords pilewise points in base proper pomels and hilts or

Origins

Poulett was the son of Sir Anthony Poulett (1562–1600) (also spelt Paulet), of Hinton St George, Governor of Jersey, and Captain of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth by his wife Catherine Norris, daughter of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys (1525–1601) of Rycote in Oxfordshire.

Career

He was educated at University College, Oxford and was admitted as a student of the Middle Temple in 1610. He was a Justice of the Peace for Somerset by 1613 to at least 1640 and was appointed Sheriff of Somerset for 1616–17.[1] He was elected as Member of Parliament for Somerset in 1610 and 1614, and for Lyme Regis in 1621.[1]

Poulett was raised to the peerage as Baron Poulett, of Hinton St George in the County of Somerset, on 23 June 1627. He served in the Royal Navy to secure English commerce and bullion ships from Dutch raiding expeditions. At the start of the Civil War he put his signature, together with those of other Lords and Councillors, to a declaration disavowing any intention by King Charles I to wage war against the Parliament, but as hostilities broke out he sided, on 15 June 1642, with the Royalist cause. He was one of the principal commanders at the Siege of Lyme Regis in Dorset. At war's end, Parliament gave him a pardon, but his house was constrained to settle a large sum in reparations.

Marriage and children

Poulett married Elizabeth Ken of Ken Court in Somerset. They had the following children:

Death

He died on 20 March 1649.[8]

Notes

  1. "POULETT (PAULET), John (1586-1649), of Hinton St. George, Som. and Clerkenwell, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  2. John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies
  3. Collins, Arthur, Peerage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of England, Now Existing... Their Descents and Collateral Lines: Their Births, Marriages, and Issues... Deaths, Places of Burial, Monuments, Epitaphs... Also Their Paternal Coats of Arms, Crests, Supporters and Mottos, 1756, p. 229
  4. Verrill, Dorothy Lord Maltby; Maltbie, Birdsey Lucius, Maltby-Maltbie family history, 1864, pp. 81–83
  5. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp. 652-656, pedigree of Rolle, p. 653; http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/PAULET.htm#William%20PAULET%20%281%C2%B0%20M.%20Winchester%29%5B%5D
  6. Courthope, William John, Synopsis of the extinct baronetage of England : containing the date of the creation, with the succession of baronets, and their respective marriages and the time of death; "Daughter of Sir Richard Cholmondeley, Baronet" (non-existent person), per Prince, John, (1643–1723) The Worthies of Devon, 1810 edition, London, p. 67
  7. Roberts, George, The History and Antiquities of the Borough of Lyme Regis and Charmouth, London, 1834, p. 103
  8. Arthur Collins, Peerage of England, F. C. and J. Rivington, 1812, pp. 9–10

References

Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir Maurice Berkeley
Sir Francis Hastings
Member of Parliament for Somerset
1610–1614
With: Sir Maurice Berkeley
Succeeded by
Sir Maurice Berkeley
Robert Hopton
Preceded by
Sir Edward Seymour, Bt
George Browne
Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis
1621–1622
With: Robert Hassard
Succeeded by
Sir John Drake
William Wynn
Peerage of England
New creation Baron Poulett
1627–1649
Succeeded by
John Poulett
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