Pulteney, William

Contents:

  1. Personal and family information
    1. Personal information
    2. Family
  2. Domicile region and Migration
    1. Place of Birth (Town)
    2. Domicile Region
    3. Migration
  3. Social Information
    1. Social Class
    2. Social Mobility
    3. Occupation
  4. Education
    1. Formal
    2. Private
    3. Languages known
  5. Sources
  6. Notes
  7. Sent letters
  8. Received letters

Personal and family information

Personal information

Person ID WP
Sex Male
First Name William
Last Name Pulteney
Married name -
Spouse Anna Maria Pulteney née Gumley
Spouse's Rank Nobility
Spouse's Title 1st Countess of Bath
Year of Marriage 1714
Life span 80
Year of Birth 1684
Year of Death 1764

Family

Father William Pulteney [senior]
Father's Rank [Lower gentry]
Father's Title Colonel
Mother Mary Pulteney née Floyd

Domicile region and Migration

Place of Birth (Town)

Town London

Domicile Region

Address Town County Country From To Notes
- [London] Middlesex [1684]- - 1

1 William Pulteney was born presumably in London, where he was baptized in March 1684.

Migration

Address Town County Country From To Notes
[Down street] London Middlesex England [1715] [1764]
Arlington Street London Middlesex England [1714] [1764] 1
Bath House London Middlesex England [1715] [1764] 2

1 After their marriage, the newlywed Pulteneys settled at Arlington Street, London.

2 When William Pulteney's father died in 1715, William inherited large properties in London. He built the Bath House in London (named Bath House after he was elevated to the peerage as Earl of Bath). In the 1720's William Pulteney bought the Bathwick estate, situated on the east side of the River Avon, opposite of Bath, and later the Wrington estate in north Somerset. These estates were meant to provide additional income, and it is not clear whether the Pulteneys stayed on either one for longer periods of time.

Social Information

Social Class

Rank 1 [Upper gentry]
Title -
From 1684
To 1742
Rank 2 [Upper gentry]
Title -
From 1684
To 1742

Social Mobility

Nominated 1st Earl of Bath by King George II in 1742

Occupation

MP for Hedon and Middlesex, Cofferer of the Household

Education

Formal

Institution Westminister School and Christ Church, Oxford
Highest Degree
From [1700]
To

Private

Languages known

Sources

Bibliography IDs

Handley, Rowe and McBryde, 2004

Notes

Pulteney's personal estate consisted of those at Bathwick and Wrington, Burrington and Ubley in Somerset, and the Bradford-Newport property in Shropshire, Monmouthshire, Staffordshire and Northamptonshire. He was one of the richest men in Britain at his death, his personal estate was estimated to be worth of £600.000 to £1.2 million. Pulteney's circle of friends included such famous names as Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope.

Sent letters

No letters

Received letters

Letter ID Year From To
BC_1760_EMONTAGU_WP_1 1760 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Pulteney, William
BC_1760_EMONTAGU_WP_2 1760 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Pulteney, William
BC_1760_EMONTAGU_WP_3 1760 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Pulteney, William
BC_1760_EMONTAGU_WP_4 1760 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Pulteney, William
BC_1760_EMONTAGU_WP_5 1760 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Pulteney, William
BC_1761_EMONTAGU_WP_1 1761 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Pulteney, William
BC_1761_EMONTAGU_WP_2 1761 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Pulteney, William
BC_1761_EMONTAGU_WP_3 1761 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Pulteney, William