John Paulet, 14th Marquess of Winchester

John Paulet, 14th Marquess of Winchester (3 June 1801 – 4 July 1887), styled Earl of Wiltshire until 1843, was a British peer and soldier.

Early life Born at Amport House in 1801 as the eldest son of Charles Paulet, 13th Marquess of Winchester and Anne Andrews (daughter of John Andrews of Shotley Hall). Among his siblings were Admiral Lord George Paulet, Field marshal Lord William Paulet, Lady Annabella Paulet (wife of Rear-Admiral William Ramsden), Lady Cecilia Paulet (wife of Sir Charles des Voeux, 2nd Baronet), and Lord Frederick Paulet (equerry to Princess Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge).

He was educated at Eton.

Career On 10 April 1817, he was commissioned a cornet in the 10th Light Dragoons, bought a lieutenancy on 16 November 1820, and a captaincy in the 35th Regiment of Foot on 12 June 1823. He exchanged into the 8th Hussars the same year. On 9 June 1826, he bought a majority in the regiment (Lord Brudenell, later Lord Cardigan, got his captaincy), and purchased an unattached lieutenant-colonelcy of infantry on 30 December 1826. On 14 April 1837, he exchanged from unattached half-pay to replace Lord Bingham (later Lord Lucan) as lieutenant-colonel of the 17th Lancers, and then retired from the Army the next day. On 29 June 1842, he was appointed colonel of the North Hampshire Militia after the death of Lord Rodney, much to the chagrin of the regimental lieutenant-colonel, Peter Hawker, who aspired to the post.

Paulet succeeded his father as Marquess of Winchester in 1843. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Hampshire on 31 March 1847, and succeeded the Duke of Wellington as Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire in 1852.