PASTON, William (c. 1654-1732) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. c. 1654 1st s. Robert Paston (later, earl of Yarmouth) and Rebecca (d.1684), da. of Jasper Clayton, alderman of London; bro. of Hon. Robert Paston^‡. educ. Trinity, Camb. (tutor, Thomas Bainbrigg) 1669-70; travelled abroad (France: tutor, William Aglionby) 1671. m. (1) 17 July 1672, Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria (d.1684), illegit. da. of Charles II and Elizabeth, Viscountess Shannon [I], wid. of James Howard of Turnham Green, Chiswick, 3s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) 10 Mar. 1687 (with £20,000), R.W. Ketton-Cremer, Norf. Portraits, 51. Elizabeth (d.1730), da. Dudley North, 4th Bar. North, wid. of Sir Robert Wiseman, dean of arches, s.p. d. 25 Dec. 1732; will 23 Mar. 1731, pr. 1 Dec. 1738. TNA, PROB 11/693.

Offices Held

Treasurer of the Household 9 Feb. 1687 – Dec. 1688.

Col., militia regt. of horse, Norf. by 1677–?89; HMC Lothian, 127; Add. 27447, f. 417v; CSP Dom. 1679–80, p. 32. capt., indep. tp. of horse 1685.

Dep. lt., Norf. by 1677–?89; HMC Lothian, 125; Add. 36899, f. 180v. freeman, Norwich 1678; recorder, Norwich 1683 – 89; high steward, Great Yarmouth 1684 – d.; ld. lt., (jt. with Thomas Herbert, 8th earl of Pembroke) Wilts. 1688 – 89; custos rot., Wilts. 1688 – 90; v.-adm., Norf. Jan. – Apr. 1719.

FRS 1722.

Parlimentarian

PASTON, Hon. William (c.1654-1732), of Oxnead, Norf. and Turnham Green, Chiswick, Mdx.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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