William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney

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William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney (died 12 February 1763) was a British Whig politician.

The only son of the 1st Earl of Bath and Anna Maria Gumley served in the British Army reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Old Sarum from 1754 to 1761 and for Westminster from 1761 to 1763. Between 1760 and 1763, Pulteney was Lord of the Bedchamber and between January and February 1763 Aide-de-Camp to King George III.

He died in Madrid, Spain, unmarried and childless and was buried on in Westminster Abbey, London on 21 April 1763.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Earl of Middlesex
Simon Fanshawe
Member of Parliament for Old Sarum
with Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc 1754-1756
Sir William Calvert 1756-1761

1754–1761
Succeeded by
Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc
Howell Gwynne
Preceded by
John Crosse
Edward Cornwallis
Member of Parliament for Westminster
with Edward Cornwallis 1761-1762
Edwin Sandys 1762-1763

1761–1763
Succeeded by
Edwin Sandys
Lord Warkworth