William Paulet 3rd Marquess Winchester [29767] ²⁵

  General Notes:

In 1576 William Paulet succeeded his father as third Marquess of Winchester, and Paulet lived until 1598. During that time England had no dukes and no other marquesses, so Winchester stood alone above the earls. And yet he received only twelve votes for the Garter during the entire period. His record is particularly sad compared to that of his cousin Sir Hugh Paulet, who received twenty-eight votes in the last five years of his life, 1569-73. Sir Hugh's son, Sir Amias Paulet received twenty-three votes in the period 1580-85. The Marquess of Winchester's problem was that he was a stay-at-home, whose best Garter year, four votes in 1580, coincided with his only significant office, Lord Lieutenant of Dorset.

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William married Agnes (Anne) Howard Marquise Winchester [29768] [MRIN: 13603], daughter of William of Effingham Howard 1st Baron Howard of Effingham [14832] and Catherine Broughton [29769], between 20 Jun 1544 and 10 Nov 1548. (Agnes (Anne) Howard Marquise Winchester [29768] died on 18 Nov 1601.)