Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester
The Most Honourable The Marquess of Winchester | |
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| Predecessor | Richard Paulet, 17th Marquess of Winchester |
| Born | Nigel George Paulet 23 December 1941 |
| Spouse(s) | Rosemary Hilton (m. 1967) |
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| Parents | George Cecil Paulet Hazel Margaret Wheeler |
Nigel George Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester (born 23 December 1941) is a British peer and the premier marquess of England. He succeeded a cousin in the title in 1968. Lord Winchester lives in South Africa.[1]
Early life[]
Nigel George Paulet was born on 23 December 1941 to George Cecil Paulet (1905–1961) and Hazel Margaret Wheeler. He has two siblings, an older sister, Angela Jane Paulet (b. 1939), and a younger brother, Timothy Guy Paulet (b. 1944). After his father's death in 1961, his mother remarried, to George Meyer, in 1962.[2]
Paulet's great-great grandfather was Lord Charles Paulet (1802–1870), the son of Charles Paulet, 13th Marquess of Winchester.[2] Upon the death of his unmarried first cousin once removed, Richard Paulet, 17th Marquess of Winchester, on 5 March 1968, the 26-year-old Nigel became the 18th Marquess of Winchester, the highest-ranking marquess in the United Kingdom.[3] The 17th Marquess's grandfather, Col. Charles William Paulet (1832–1897), was the great-grandfather of the 18th Marquess.[4]
Personal life[]
On 25 November 1967, he married Rosemary Anne Hilton, daughter of Major Aubrey John Hilton. They have two sons and one daughter:
- Christopher John Hilton Paulet, Earl of Wiltshire (born 30 July 1969), heir apparent; married Christine Mary Town in 1992, had issue:
- Lady Emma Louise Paulet (born 1 April 1993)
- Michael John Paulet, Lord St John (born 31 August 1999)
- Lord Richard George Paulet (born 16 August 1971)
- Lady Susan Paulet (born 1976)
References[]
- ^ "Burke's Peerage". Retrieved 22 November 2006.
- ^ a b "Hazel Margaret Wheeler". Thepeerage.com. The Peerage. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ Nizinskyj, Paul (21 September 2013). "Marquess & Marchioness". Peers Magazine. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Person Page". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Marquess of Winchester
- Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester
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