William Powlett Powlett
William Powlett Powlett (18 March 1758 – 8 March 1821) was an English landowner who lived at Lainston House in Hampshire.
Biography[]
He was born William Powlett Smyth, only son of the Rev. Richard Smyth, rector of Myddle, and his wife Annabella. He adopted the surname Powlett as heir to the Marrick estate of his maternal grandfather William Powlett. He was High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1783. A Whig, he sat in Parliament for Totnes from 1790 to 1796.[1] He was married, but had no children, and his nephews Charles and Henry adopted the surname Powlett as his heirs.
References[]
- ^ David R. Fisher, POWLETT, William Powlett (1758-1821), of Lainston House and Little Somborne, nr. Winchester, Hants and Marrick, nr. Richmond, Yorks. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
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- 1758 births
- 1821 deaths
- Alumni of New College, Oxford
- High Sheriffs of Hampshire
- British MPs 1790–1796
- Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Totnes
- Whig members of the Parliament of Great Britain
- Great Britain MP (1707–1800) for England stubs