Monarch Elizabeth I Chancellor Sir Thomas Audley Preceded by The Lord Cromwell Name John 2nd | Succeeded by Sir Edward Horsey Spouse Elizabeth Willoughby Monarch Henry VIII Grandparents Sir John Paulet | |
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Parents William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester Children Elizabeth Paulet, Mary Paulet Grandchildren William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester, Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell, William Courtenay | ||
John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester (c. 1510 – 4 November 1576), styled The Honourable John Paulet between 1539 and 1550, Lord St John between 1550 and 1551 and Earl of Wiltshire between 1551 and 1555, was an English peer. He was the eldest son of William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester and Elizabeth Capel.
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Career
John Paulet was knighted by Henry VIII at Boulogne on 30 September 1544. After the death of Edward VI he was (with his father) one of the signatories to the settlement of the Crown on Lady Jane Grey of 16 June 1553, although he later changed his allegiance to Queen Mary. He was styled Lord St John from 1550 to 1572. He was summoned to Parliament on 3 October 1554 in one of his father's baronies as Lord St John. He was one of the Peers at the trial of the Duke of Norfolk on 16 January 1572. He succeeded his father as Marquess of Winchester on 10 March 1572.
The offices he held during his career included:
Marriages and issue
Paulet was married three times:
Death
John Paulet died at Chelsea on 4 June 1576 and was buried in St. Mary's Church, Basing, Hampshire. His widow, Winifred, died at Chelsea in 1586 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.