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William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, PC (22 March 1684 – 7 July 1764) was an English Whig politician and peer who sat in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1742 when he was raised to the peerage as the Earl of Bath by George II of Great Britain.
William Pulteney, 1st earl of Bath (born March 22, 1684, London, England—died July 7, 1764, London) was an English Whig politician who became prominent in the opposition to Sir Robert Walpole (first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the Exchequer, 1721–42), after being staunchly loyal to him for 12 years, up to 1717.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Pulteney, now Earl of Bath, made more than one attempt to recover the opportunity which he had thrown away in 1742. Only eighteen months after refusing the Treasury he applied for it when it fell vacant on the death of Lord Wilmington (Spencer Compton), who had been put into it as a stop-gap.
Pulteney, William, 1st earl of Bath (1684–1764). Pulteney was Whig MP for Hedon (1705–34) and Middlesex (1734–42), becoming secretary at war in 1714. Source for information on Pulteney, William, 1st earl of Bath: The Oxford Companion to British History dictionary.
William Pulteney, primer conde de Bath, PC (22 de marzo de 1684 - 7 de julio de 1764) fue un político whig británico que se sentó en la Cámara de los Comunes de 1707 a 1742, cuando fue creado el primer conde de Bath por el rey Jorge II.
23 de may. de 2024 · William Pulteney, Earl of Bath, is buried in the Islip chapel in Westminster Abbey together with his wife and three children and his brother. A new vault was made in the lower Islip chapel and his Countess and children William and Anna Maria were moved to the Abbey from St Martin in the Fields in 1763. The inscription on the gravestone reads:
Title: William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (1684–1764) Artist: Medalist: Jacques-Antoine Dassier (Swiss, Geneva 1715–1759 Copenhagen) Date: 1744. Culture: Swiss. Medium: Bronze. Dimensions: Diameter: 54 mm. Classification: Medals and Plaquettes. Credit Line: Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of ...
