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Sir George Paulet (1553–1608), also known as Pawlett, Pawlet, or Powlet, was an English soldier and administrator. He served as governor of Derry in Ireland. His arrogant and insolent behaviour caused O'Doherty's Rebellion in 1608. Paulet was killed by the rebels during the Burning of Derry.
Lord George Paulet CB (12 August 1803 – 22 November 1879) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He entered the navy shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars and after some years obtained his own command. He served off the Iberian Peninsula during the Portuguese Liberal Wars and the Spanish First Carlist War, protecting British ...
The Paulet affair, also known as British Hawaii, was the unofficial five-month 1843 occupation of the Hawaiian Islands by British naval officer Captain Lord George Paulet, of HMS Carysfort. It was ended by the arrival of American warships sent to defend Hawaii's independence.
In June 1562 George Paulet was one of five Royal Commissioners appointed to survey the fortifications in Jersey, redress problems with its administration of justice and reform its grammar schools. He was an elder of the Town Church when it was established as the island's first Reformed Church.
The O’Doherty Rebellion 1608. In the early hours of the 19 th April 1608, Sir Cahir assembled 100 men for a siege on Culmore Fort. This was followed by a pre-dawn surprise attack on the City of Derry. In this raid Sir George Paulet was killed and every building in the city was burnt to the ground.
18 de abr. de 2021 · Contributed by. Barry, Judy. Paulet, Sir George (d. 1608), governor of Derry, was son of Sir George Paulet, brother of the 1st marquis of Winchester, and Elizabeth, daughter of William Windsor, 2nd Baron Windsor. He attended King's College, Cambridge in the early 1570s, served as justice of the peace in Hampshire, 1593–1601, and as ...
b. 1553, s. of Sir George Paulet of Crondall, bro. of 1st Mq. of Winchester by his 3rd w. Elizabeth, da. of William Windsor † , 2nd Lord Windsor; half-bro. of Hampden Paulet . educ. Eton 1564-72, KS 1564; King’s, Camb. 1572-5.
