PULTENEY, John (c.1661-1726), of St. James’s, Westminster and Harefield, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c. 1661, 2nd s. of Sir William Pulteney*. educ. Westminster (under Dr Busby); I. Temple 1676, called 1682; Christ Church, Oxf. 1677. m. bef. 1674, Lucy Colville of Northants., 3s. (2 d.v.p.). Nichols, Leics. iv. 320.

Offices Held

Under-sec. of state (southern dept.) 1689– June 1690, (northern dept.) Dec. 1690–Mar. 1692, Mar. 1693–5; sec. lds. justices [I] Oct.– Dec. 1690; sec. ld. lt. [I] Mar. 1692–Mar. 1693; clerk of council [I] 1692–d.; chief clerk to master-gen. Ordnance 1693– June 1702, clerk of deliveries Feb. 1701–3; registrar to commrs. forfeited estates 1696–7; ld. of Trade 1707–11; commr. customs 1714–22; surveyor-gen. of crown lands 1722–d. Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 580, ii. 116, 149, 372, 537–8, iii. 61, 279; H. C. Tomlinson, Guns and Govt. 225–6; CSP Dom. 1691–2, p. 158; 1696, p. 148; 1700–2, p. 480; Cal. Treas. Bks. xi. 295; xii. 111; xxix. 145.

Assist. R. Fishery [I] 1692. CSP Dom. 1691–2, pp. 112–13.

MP [I] 1692–3.

Commr. Million Act 1694; building 50 new churches 1715–d. Cal. Treas. Bks. x. 983; E. G. W. Bill, Q. Anne Churches, p. xxiv.

Parlimentarian

PULTENEY, John (c.1661-1726), of St. James’s, Westminster and Harefield, Mdx.

Main residences: St. James’s, Westminster; Harefield, Mdx.

Author

A.A.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

PULTENEY, John (c.1661-1726)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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