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Hace 3 días · Pulteney, who up to about 1741 had been, as a commoner, the most violent and popular patriot of his day, dwindled down, in 1742, into the Earl of Bath. Sir Robert Walpole, when forced, about the same time, to retire into the peerage, had laid this trap for his antagonist, who readily fell into it.
Hace 5 días · Lord Bath died in 1764, having been predeceased by his only son. The estate passed first to his brother, General Harry Pulteney, who died in 1767, and then to Frances, daughter of his first cousin Daniel. She married a William Johnstone who took the name of Pulteney and later became a baronet.
22 de may. de 2024 · The bridge is named for Frances Pulteney (1725-1782) because she inherited the estates of her first cousin once removed, the Earl of Bath. Her husband, William Johnstone, took her surname! Her daughter, Henrietta Laura Pulteney (1766-1808), is also memorialised in street names.
9 de may. de 2024 · William Pitt, the Elder (born November 15, 1708, London—died May 11, 1778, Hayes, Kent, England) was a British statesman, twice virtual prime minister (1756–61, 1766–68), who secured the transformation of his country into an imperial power.
Hace 2 días · The bridge was named 'Pulteney' after Frances Pulteney, the wife of Robert Adam's patron, William Johnstone and the heiress of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath.
29 de may. de 2024 · John de Pulteney. He gave his name to St. Lawrence Pountney (formerly St. Lawrence, Candlewick Street). The statesman, W. Pulteney, Earl of Bath, was descended, as also is the present Earl of Crewe, from a son of the Alderman's sister.
27 de may. de 2024 · Follow in the footsteps of Jane Austen on this self-guided walking tour of Bath, which takes you through the highlights of its UNESCO World Heritage listed historic centre, with spectacular Georgian architecture, leafy garden squares, thermal baths, museums and churches.
