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Peregrine Poulett

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Peregrine Poulett (10 December 1708 – 1752), of Hinton St. George, Somerset, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1737 and 1752.

Poulett was the second son of John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett, MP, and his wife Bridget Bertie, daughter of Hon. Peregrine Bertie of Waldershare, Kent.

Poulett was returned as Member of Parliament for Bossiney after a contested by-election on 24 May 1737. He voted with the Government on the Spanish convention in 1739 and the place bill in 1740. He did not stand at the 1741 British general election, but at the 1747 British general election, he was brought in as MP for Bridgwater as a government supporter by his elder twin brother, Lord Poulett, in place of his younger brother, Vere, who had gone over to the Opposition.

Poulett died unmarried on 28 August 1752.

References

  1. ^ "POULETT, Hon. Peregrine (1708-52), of Hinton St. George, Som". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded byThe Viscount Palmerston
Townshend Andrews
Member of Parliament for Bossiney
1737–1741
With: The Viscount Palmerston
Succeeded byRichard Liddell
Thomas Foster
Preceded byGeorge Dodington
Vere Poulett
Member of Parliament for Bridgwater
1747–1752
With: George Dodington
Succeeded byGeorge Dodington
Robert Balch
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