William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester (bef. 1560[1] – 4 February 1629) was an English nobleman, the son of William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester and Anne or Agnes Howard.[2] He was styled Lord St. John from 1576 to 1598. He was summoned to Parliament on 16 January 1581 in his father's barony as Lord St. John.[1] On 24 November 1598, he succeeded his father as 4th Marquess of Winchester. Paulet experienced great financial difficulties arising from his magnificent style of living and his lavish entertainment of Elizabeth I at Basing House.[1][3]
William Paulet | |
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Marquess of Winchester Baron St. John | |
Born | Before 1560 |
Died | 4 February 1629 (aged 68–69) |
Buried | St. Mary's Church, Basing, Hampshire 51°16′17″N 1°02′48″W / 51.271389°N 1.046667°W |
Noble family | Paulet |
Spouse(s) | Lucy Cecil |
Issue | William Paulet Thomas Paulet John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester Henry Paulet Charles Paulet Edward |
Father | William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester |
Mother | Anne Howard |
On 28 February 1587 at St Martin-in-the-Fields, he married Lady Lucy Cecil, daughter of Sir Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and his first wife, Dorothy Neville.[1] Lucy and William had six children:[4]
His wife, Lucy, was treated for cancer in 1614 by the court physician Théodore de Mayerne.[5] She died 1 October 1614 and was buried a month later in the Cecil vault in Westminster Abbey.[1]
William Paulet died at Hackwood, near Basingstoke, on 4 February 1629, and was buried at Basing, Hampshire.[1]