Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet

Scottish advocate, landowner and politician

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1729

Place of Birth: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-May-1805

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet (October 1729 – 30 May 1805), known as William Johnstone until 1767, was a Scottish advocate, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1768 and 1805.
He was reputedly the wealthiest man in Great Britain.
He invested in lands in North America, and in developments in Great Britain, including the Pulteney Bridge and other buildings in Bath, buildings on the sea-front at Weymouth in Dorset, and roads in his native Scotland. He was a patron of architect Robert Adam and civil engineer Thomas Telford.



Description	British painter, engraver and draughtsman
Date of birth/death	14 May 1727	2 August 1788
Location of birth/death	Sudbury	London
Work location	Sudbury, London, Ipswich, Bath
Authority control	: Q192720 VIAF: 29542582 ISNI: 0000 0001 0883 0621 ULAN: 500115200 LCCN: n79055449 NLA: 35109328 WorldCat