William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney

[2] Pulteney was educated at Westminster School from 1740 to 1747 and began his Grand Tour in the following year.

[1] Pulteney was appointed Lord of the Bedchamber in 1760[2] and served as Aide-de-Camp to King George III the United Kingdom between January and February 1763.

[citation needed] In 1759, his father raised the 85th Regiment of Foot and Pulteney became its lieutenant-colonel.

[2] He took part with his regiment in the Capture of Belle Île in February 1761 and moved in November to Portugal.

[2] On his return to England in 1763, he died of fever in Madrid, unmarried and childless[4] and was buried in Westminster Abbey two months later.