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William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester KG PC (c. 1483/1485 – 10 March 1572), styled Lord St John between 1539 and 1550 and Earl of Wiltshire between 1550 and 1551, was an English Lord High Treasurer, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and statesman.
Marquess of Winchester is a title in the Peerage of England that was created in 1551 for the prominent statesman William Paulet, 1st Earl of Wiltshire. It is the oldest of six surviving English marquessates; therefore its holder is considered the premier marquess of England.
10 de mar. de 2023 · On this day in Tudor history, 10th March 1572, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, nobleman and administrator William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester, died at his home Basing House in Hampshire. He was said to be 97 years of age at his death. He was laid to rest in the parish church at Basing on 28th April.
26 de nov. de 2008 · William, first marquis of Winchester and lord treasurer (1474-1572), is remembered today, if at all, for his remarkable longevity, dying at his great mansion of Basing House in his native Hampshire on 10 March 1572 at ninety seven or ninety eight.
Overview. 1st marquis of Winchester, William Paulet. (c. 1483—1572) Quick Reference. ( c. 1483–1572). ‘More of a willow than an oak’ was reported to have been Paulet's engaging assessment of himself and, indeed, anyone who could negotiate the vicissitudes of Tudor politics and hold high office in four reigns needed to be pliant.
The Oxford Companion to British History. Winchester, William Paulet, 1st marquis of (c.1483–1572). ‘More of a willow than an oak’ was reported to have been Paulet's engaging assessment of himself and, indeed, anyone who could negotiate the vicissitudes of Tudor politics and hold high office in four reigns needed to be pliant.
Abstract. Lord Treasurer Winchester was celebrated in his own time, not only for his distinguished career in office, but also for his longevity. His contemporaries, his descendants, and subsequent historians have all agreed that he lived a very long time, but estimates of his actual age have varied by as much as twenty years.
