John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester (c. 1510[1] – 4 November 1576), styled The Honourable John Paulet between 1539 and 1550, Lord St John between 1550 and 1551 and Earl of Wiltshire between 1551 and 1555, was an English peer.[2] He was the eldest son of William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester and Elizabeth Capel.[3][4]
John Paulet was knighted by Henry VIIIatBoulogne on 30 September 1544.[5][6] After the death of Edward VI he was (with his father) one of the signatories to the settlement of the Crown on Lady Jane Grey of 16 June 1553, although he later changed his allegiance to Queen Mary. He was styled Lord St John from 1550 to 1572. He was summoned to Parliament on 3 October 1554 in one of his father's baronies as Lord St John. He was one of the Peers at the trial of the Duke of Norfolk on 16 January 1572. He succeeded his father as Marquess of Winchester on 10 March 1572.[7]
The offices he held during his career included:[7][4]
John Paulet died at Chelsea on 4 November 1576 and was buried in St. Mary's Church, Basing, Hampshire.[7] His widow, Winifred, died at Chelsea in 1586 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.[7]
^Cokayne 1959, pp. 762–763, fn. a.: "Though always referred to in official documents, 1550-54, as Lord St. John, he is called Earl of Wiltshire by Edward VI in his Journal, 31 Oct.-6 NOV. 1551, and by his mother-in-law, Lady Mountjoy, in her will dat. 4 Apr. 1552".
Cokayne, G. E. (1959). White, Geoffrey H. (ed.). The Complete Peerage, or a History of the House of Lords and all its Members from the Earliest Times. Vol. XII(II). London: St Catherine Press.
