Powlett, Charles, 1727-1809

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Powlett, Charles, 1727-1809

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        1727-1809

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        POWLETT, CHARLES, eldest natural son of Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton KG PC, and his mistress Lavinia Beswick (otherwise Fenton), actress; b. 27 Dec 1727; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1740/1 (Hawkins'); left 1744; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 28 Jun 1753, aged 24; MA [check] 1755; ordained deacon (Winchester) 23 Dec 1753, priest (St. Davids) 9 Jun 1754; [Chaplain, 55th Foot 15 Jan 1756 ?]; Chaplain to Duke of Bolton; Curate, Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, from 1763; Chaplain, 1st Dragoon Guards 11 Jun 1766 – [still in Army List 1790]; Rector of Winslade, Hampshire 8 Jun 1782-9; Rector of St. Martin by Looe, Cornwall 2 Jul 1785 – Apr 1790; Rector of Ludgvan, Cornwall 1789; one of the Committee which revised the laws of cricket at the Star and Garter, Pall Mall 25 Feb 1774; a well-known hunting man in Hampshire, and author many hunting songs; m. 1st, 23 Mar 1755 Elizabeth, dau. of James Gunman, Greenwich Hospital; m. 2nd, Anne ---; d. 29 Jan 1809. [perhaps m. 2nd, 25 Apr 1792 Anne Mariet (IGI)]

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        Powlett, Percy, ca. 1736-? (ca. 1736-?)

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        GB-2014-WSA-14193

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        Powlett, Percy, ca. 1736-? is the sibling of Powlett, Charles, 1727-1809

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        GB-2014-WSA-14191

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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