Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland
General Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland KG (6 August 1788 – 18 January 1864) was a British peer, politician and army officer.
Born The Honourable Henry Vane, he was the eldest son of William Vane, Viscount Barnard and his first wife, Katherine, the second daughter of Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton.
In 1792 his father inherited the earldom of Darlington from his father, whereupon Vane became Viscount Barnard.
In 1812 Barnard became Member of Parliament for County Durham, a seat he held until 1815.
He was then MP for Winchelsea from 1816–18, Tregony from 1818–26, Totnes from 1826–30, Saltash from 1830–31 and
finally for South Shropshire from 1832–42.
In 1827, Barnard's father was promoted in the Peerage as Marquess of Cleveland in 1827 and further as Duke of Cleveland in 1833, whereupon Barnard became Earl of Darlington after the first promotion.
In 1815 Darlington had joined the British Army, eventually rising through the ranks as a lieutenant-colonel in the 75th Regiment of Foot in 1824, major-general in 1851, lieutenant-general in 1857 and finally a general in 1863.
In 1842, he inherited his father's titles and was also appointed a Knight of the Garter that year.
On 18 November 1809 at St George's, Hanover Square, Cleveland had married Lady Sophia Poulett (1785–1859), the eldest daughter of John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett.
He died childless in 1864 and his titles passed to his brother, William.
John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett
John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett( 1585 – 20 March 1649), of Hinton St George, Somerset, was an English sailor and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1610 and 1621 and was later raised to the peerage.
William Poulett, 6th Earl Poulett
William Henry Poulett, 6th Earl Poulett( 22 September 1827 – 22 January 1899) was an English peer, landowner, army officer, and racehorse owner.
In the House of Lords he was a Conservative.
John Poulett, 2nd Earl Poulett
John Poulett, 2nd Earl Poulett (10 December 1708 – 5 November 1764), styled Viscount Hinton until 1743 was an English peer.
Poulett was the son of John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett and his wife, Bridget Bertie, daughter of the Honourable Peregrine Bertie, and was educated at Taunton Grammar School.
In 1734, he was summoned to Parliament in his father's barony of Poulett by writ of acceleration and was a Lord of the Bedchamber until 1755.
He inherited his father's earldom in 1743, was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Somerset in 1744, colonel of the 1st Somerset Regiment of Militia from 1759 and was sometime Recorder of Bridgwater.
Poulett died unmarried and childless in 1764 and his titles passed to his brother, Vere.
Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett
Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett (18 May 1710 – 14 April 1788), styled The Honourable Vere Poulett until 1764, was an English peer.
Poulett was the son of John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett, and Bridget Bertie, daughter of Peregrine Bertie.
He was the brother of John Poulett, 2nd Earl Poulett, Peregrine Poulett and Anne Poulett, and was educated at Taunton Grammar School.
He was returned to parliament for Bridgwater in 1741, a seat he held until 1747.
He succeeded his elder brother in the earldom in 1764.
In 1771 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Devon, which he remained until his death.
Lord Poulett married Mary Butt, daughter of Richard Butt, of Arlington, Gloucestershire.
Their younger son the Honourable Vere Poulett was a soldier and politician.
Lord Poulett died in April 1788, aged 77, and was succeeded in the earldom by his elder son, John.
The Countess Poulett died in April 1819.
John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett
John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett KT (3 April 1756 – 14 January 1819), styled Viscount Hinton between 1764 and 1788, was a British peer and militia officer.
Poulett was the son of Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett, by Mary Butt, daughter of Richard Butt, of Arlington, Gloucestershire.
From 4 August 1778 until April 1803, he was colonel of the East Devon Militia, which was in active service in the Army in 1779.
He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1788.
In 1792 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Somerset, a post he held until his death.
He was also a Recorder of Bridgwater.
The East Devon Militia was again embodied, under his colonelcy, for active service in March 1794, and he was also commissioned colonel of the Somersetshire Fencible Cavalry.
On 30 May, he was invested a Knight of the Thistle.
He was appointed a Lord of the Bedchamber to George III on 19 November 1795, an office he held until his death.
Poulett was commissioned colonel of the 1st
(East) Somersetshire Militia and the East Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry on 17 September 1803.
Lord Poulett married firstly Sophia Pocock, daughter of Admiral Sir George Pocock, in 1782.
They had ten children, including Vice-Admiral
the Honourable George Poulett, father of William Poulett, 6th Earl Poulett.
One daughter, Lady Sophia Poulett was the wife of Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, while another daughter, Lady Mary Poulett, was the second wife of Lord Charles Somerset.
After Sophia's death in January 1811 Poulett married secondly Margaret Burges, daughter of Ynyr Burges and widow of Sir John Smith-Burges, 1st Baronet, in 1816.
He died in January 1819, aged 62, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, John.
The Countess Poulett died at Brighton in May 1838.
John Poulett, 3rd Baron Poulett
John Poulett, 3rd Baron Poulett( c. 1641 – June 1679), was an English peer.
Poulett was the son of John Poulett, 2nd Baron Poulett, by Catharine Vere, daughter of Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury.
He sat as a Knight of the Shire for Somerset between 1662 and 1665, when he entered the House of Lords on the death of his father.
In 1674 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Dorset, which he remained until his death.
Lord Poulett married, firstly in 1663, Essex Popham, eldest daughter of Alexander Popham of Littlecote, Wiltshire by whom he had two daughters.
He married, secondly 1667, Lady Susan Herbert, daughter of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke.
He died in June 1679 and was succeeded in the barony by the son of his second marriage, John, who was created Earl Poulett in 1706.
John Poulett, 5th Earl Poulett
John Poulett, 5th Earl Poulett( 5 July 1783 – 1864), styled Viscount Hinton from 1788 to 1819, was an English peer and militia officer.
Educated at Harrow and Brasenose College, Oxford, Hinton was commissioned a captain in the 1st( East) Somersetshire Militia in 1801.
His father was made colonel of that regiment in 1803, and on 20 September 1804, Hinton himself became colonel of the 2nd( West) Somersetshire Militia, and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Somerset on 10 January 1805.
Upon the death of his father in January 1819, he succeeded to the title of Earl Poulett, and also succeeded his father as colonel of the 1st( East) Somersetshire Militia.
He commanded the regiment until 1852, when he was succeeded by his son Vere Poulett, Viscount Hinton.
Poulett married Frances Charlotte, daughter of Henry Berkeley Portman, on 21 August 1820, by whom he had three sons, all of whom predeceased him:
He was succeeded in the peerage by his nephew, William Henry Poulett( 1827 – 1899), who was the third son of his younger brother, Admiral the Hon. George Poulett.
George Poulett, 8th Earl Poulett
George Amias FitzWarrine Poulett, 8th Earl Poulett( 23 June 1909 – 1 March 1973) was an English peer and landowner, a member of the House of Lords for more than forty years, and the last Earl Poulett.
Educated at Eton, he lived at Hinton House, Hinton St George, Somerset, the centre of a large estate inherited from his father, William Poulett, 7th Earl Poulett, in 1918.
His mother was the former Sylvia Storey, a Gaiety girl.
He was a pupil apprentice as a mechanical engineer at the GWR Locomotive Works, Swindon, and at the Signal Factory, Reading.
In 1940 – 41 he was technical assistant to the chief mechanical engineer at Woolwich Arsenal, then from 1941 to 1943 an assistant to the Director of Ordnance Factories( Small Arms).
He became an Associate of the Institute of Railway Signal Engineers and of the Institute of British Engineers.
In 1935, he married Oriel Ross, and they were divorced in 1941; in 1941, he married secondly Lorraine Lawrence, of Svendborg, Denmark, but she died in 1961; in 1968, he married thirdly Margaret Christine Ball.
He had no children.
In 1968 he sold the Hinton estate and settled with his last wife in Jersey, Channel Islands.
On his death in 1973, all his titles became extinct.
John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett
John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett KG( c. 1668 – 28 May 1743) was an English peer.

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