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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.
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- William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney
- Henry Pelham
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18 de mar. de 2024 · William Pulteney, 1st earl of Bath 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.
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4 de may. de 2024 · In 1716 he was made a Privy Councillor and was created Earl of Bath in 1742. He was very wealthy and he developed estates in London's Soho area and Great Pulteney Street is named after him. He built Bath House in Piccadilly as his London residence.
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.
Earl of Bath William Pulteney. (1684—1764) politician. Quick Reference. (1684–1764). Pulteney was Whig MP for Hedon (1705–34) and Middlesex (1734–42), becoming secretary at war in 1714. He supported Walpole and Townshend in opposition during the Whig schism from 1717 ...
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.
