Spouse(s) Lucy Cecil Died February 4, 1628 Name William 4th | Mother Anne Howard Noble family Paulet | |
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Buried St. Mary's Church, Basing, Hampshire51°16′17″N 1°02′48″W / 51.271389°N 1.046667°W / 51.271389; -1.046667 Parents William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester Children John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester Grandparents John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester, Elizabeth Willoughby Uncles Thomas Paulet, Richard Paulet, George Paulet People also search for | ||
William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester (bef. 1560 – 4 February 1629) was an English nobleman, the son of William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester and Anne or Agnes Howard. 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. 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.
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Marriage and issue
He married on 28 February 1587 at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Lady Lucy Cecil, daughter of Sir Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and his first wife, Dorothy Neville. Lucy and William had six children:
His wife, Lucy, died 1 October 1614 and was buried a month later in the Cecil vault in Westminster Abbey.
Death
William Paulet died at Hackwood, near Basingstoke, on 4 February 1629, and was buried at Basing, Hampshire.