Lord William Powlett (baptized 18 August 1666[1] – 25 September 1729) was an English Member of Parliament.
He was the younger son of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, and his second wife, Mary Scrope.
[2] Lord William became Father of the House of Commons in 1724, on the demise of Richard Vaughan, the member for Carmarthen.
[4] William Powlett married twice:[5][2] He died on 25 September 1729, in his 63rd year,[2] through a fall from his horse when riding in Hyde Park, London.
[1] Both his sons sat for various Hampshire boroughs as Whigs under George II.