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A son, William
Turnour Thomas Poulett, had been born to the 6th Earl's first wife, Elizabeth Lavinia, in 1849, while they were married, but although his wife insisted he was the child's father, Captain Poulett (as he then was) had reason to believe the child had been fathered by another man, Captain
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Turnour Granville, after whom his mother named him. Until a son was born in 1883, he had no son he believed to be his own, yet treated W. T. T. Poulett as his son. Thus in 1875, W. T. T. Poulett was living at the family's secondary estate, Grenville Hall, Droxford, under the
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Following the 6th Earl's death, the
Poulett earldom and its entailed estates were claimed by W. T. T. Poulett, but this was challenged on the grounds of paternity, and on 27 July 1903, on a report from its Committee of Privileges steered by the
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On the death of the 6th Earl, a dispute arose (see below), and the outcome was that the earldom and other titles were awarded to the 6th Earl's son by his third wife, who became the seventh Earl
Poulett. He fought in the
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In 1869, while he was known as
Viscount Hinton, W. T. T. Poulett married Lydia Ann Shippy (aka Anne Sheppey) and had had one son, William Henry George Poulett (born 1 April 1870). In a fortunate turn of events, in 1901
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432:"Earl Pouletts The Lamb Winner of the Grand National with Mr George Ede"
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457:"Lady Bridget Poulett – Person – National Portrait Gallery"
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The Upper Ten Thousand, for 1876: A Biographical Handbook
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