Chidiock Paulet (by 1521 – 17 August 1574) was an English politician and Captain of Portsmouth. He was born the third son of

William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester (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 statesma ...

and educated at the

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. He was Esquire of the Stable by 1545, Receiver at the Court of Augmentations for Gloucestershire, Hampshire and Wiltshire by 1550–1554, and at the Exchequer from 1554 to his death. He was Captain of Portsmouth from May 1554 – 1559 and treasurer of the Bishop of Winchester from 1566 until his death. He was returned as a

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(MP) of the

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for

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in 1547, and for Gatton in October 1553.

Death

He died in 1574. He had married twice: firstly Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Thomas White of South Warnborough, Hampshire, with whom he had 1 son and 3 daughters and secondly Frances, the daughter of Sir Edward Neville of Aldington, Kent and widow of Sir Edward Waldegrave of Borley, Essex, with whom he had another son.

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1521 births 1574 deaths Members of the Inner Temple English MPs 1547–1552 English MPs 1553 (Mary I) Chidiock Younger sons of marquesses {{16thC-England-MP-stub

Death

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