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John Paulet, 14th Marquess of Winchester
 John Paulet, 14th Marquess of Winchester (3 June 1801 – 4 July 1887), styled Earl of Wiltshire until 1843, was a British peer and soldier. LifeBorn at Amport House in 1801 as the eldest son of the 13th Marquess of Winchester, he was educated at Eton.[1] On 10 April 1817, he was commissioned a cornet in the 10th Light Dragoons,[2] bought a lieutenancy on 16 November 1820,[3] and a captaincy in the 35th Regiment of Foot on 12 June 1823.[4] He exchanged into the 8th Hussars the same year. On 9 June 1826, he bought a majority in the regiment (Lord Brudenell, later Lord Cardigan, got his captaincy),[5] and purchased an unattached lieutenant-colonelcy of infantry on 30 December 1826.[6] On 14 April 1837, he exchanged from unattached half-pay to replace Lord Bingham (later Lord Lucan) as lieutenant-colonel of the 17th Lancers, and then retired from the Army the next day.[7] On 29 June 1842, he was appointed colonel of the North Hampshire Militia[8] after the death of Lord Rodney, much to the chagrin of the regimental lieutenant-colonel, Peter Hawker, who aspired to the post.[9] Paulet succeeded his father as Marquess of Winchester in 1843. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Hampshire on 31 March 1847,[10] and succeeded the Duke of Wellington as Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire in 1852.[1] Family On 29 November 1855, Winchester married Hon. Mary Montagu (1828–1868), daughter of Henry Robinson-Montagu, 6th Baron Rokeby, at St James', Westminster. Together they had three children:
He died on 4 July 1887 and was succeeded by his elder son, Augustus.[1] References
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