PULTENEY, JOHN, elder son of Rev. Richard Fawcett DD, Vicar of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Prebendary of Durham, and Elizabeth Brown; bapt. Grendon, Warwicks. 9 Nov 1766 (IGI); adm. 27 Apr 1778; KS (aged 12) 1779; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1783, matr. 26 Jun 1783, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1783 – void 15 Feb 1787; damages of £7, 000 were awarded against him in May 1802 in suit for crim. con. brought by George Markham (adm. 1769, qv); assumed surname of Pulteney in lieu of Fawcett by royal licence 9 Aug 1813, “from grateful and affectionate regard to the memory of Henrietta Laura Pulteney, Countess of Bath”; m. 8 Aug 1803 Elizabeth Evelyn, divorced wife of George Markham (adm. 1769, qv), and sister of John Sutton (adm. 1779, qv); d. 24 Jun 1849.
PULTENEY, HARRY, brother of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (qv); b. 14 Feb 1686; at school under Knipe (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1757); Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 25 Mar 1704; Lieut. and Capt., 23 Feb 1709; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 2nd Foot Guards 22 Jul 1715; Second Maj. and Col., 3 Aug 1733; First Maj., 30 Oct 1734; Col., 13th Foot, 5 Apr 1739 – Jun 1766; Brigadier-Gen., 18 Feb 1742; Major-Gen., 3 Jul 1743; Lieut. -Gen., 8 Aug 1747; Gen., 22 Feb 1765; Equerry to George I and George II 20 Nov 1714 – res by 3 Nov 1743; MP Hedon 5 Nov 1722-34, 24 Nov 1739-41, Kingston-upon-Hull 2 May 1744-7; Governor of Hull 1739 - Jun 1766; served in Flanders 1742; inherited estates of his elder brother Lord Bath 1764; d. 26 Oct 1767.
PULTENEY, DANIEL, eldest son of John Pulteney (at school under Busby, qv); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 26 Sep 1682 (IGI); at school under Knipe (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1727/8); Christ Church, Oxford, fellow commoner, matr. 15 Jul 1699, aged 15 (sic); Grand Tour (Netherlands, Germany) 1704-6; Envoy to Denmark 1706-15; a Commissioner of Trade Jul 1717 – Oct 1721; MP Tregony 23 Mar – 10 Oct 1721, Hedon 7 Nov 1721-2, Preston from 1722; a Lord of the Admiralty 10 Oct 1721 – Jun 1725; Clerk of the Privy Council (I) from 1726; an implacable opponent of Sir Robert Walpole; his failure to overthrow Walpole so preyed upon his spirits that it “threw him into an irregularity of drinking that occasioned his death” (Coxe, Walpole, ii, 558-60); gave £50 towards the New Dormitory; m. 26 Dec 1717 Margaret Deering, dau. of Benjamin Tichborne, Tichborne, Hampshire; d. 7 Sep 1731. Buried St. James’s, Westminster, but remains subsequently transferred to South Cloister, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
Pulman, Peter Stewart, brother of Frederick George Pulman (qv); b. 23 Jan. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (A); left July 1939; RE in WW2 (Capt.); was man. dir. George Pufman & Sons; lives in Mallorca; m. 12 Aug. 1948 Ann Patricia, d. of Victor Arnold-Jones of Shanghai; d. 1996.
Pulman, Michael Paul, brother of Frederick George Pulman (qv); b. 2 June 1926; adm. Sept. 1941 (A); left July 1942; Rifle Brigade 1943-7; a master printer; m. Daphne Alaine, d. of Digby Willoughby Jones MC JP, of Ealing; d. Aug. 1997.
Pulman, Frederick George, son of George Frederick Putman, printer and publisher, of Hampstead, and Evelyn Stewart, d. of Walter Bramall of Brondesbury; b. 4 May 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (A); left July 1937; RAFVR 1940-6; dir. George Pulman & Sons, printers and publishers; m. 12 July 1947 Diana Frances, d. of Lieut.-Cdr Edmund George Burkhardt Coore RN, of Melbourne, Australia; d. 14 Aug. 1977.
PULESTON, ALLEN, son of Gerard Puleston, St. Dionis Backchurch, London, and his second wife Rachel, third dau. of Edward Allen, Finchley, Middlesex; bapt. St. Dionis Backchurch, London 12 Jan 1697/8 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1713; QS 1714; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1718, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1718, scholar 11 Jul 1719, matr. 1718; migrated to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Nov 1719, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1719 – void by marriage 15 Feb 1720/1; m. 15 Feb 1720/1 Mary Dryden, St. James’s, Westminster; buried St. Margaret, Westminster 1745 (will proved 4 May 1745).