Stephen Poyntz (1685 - 1750)

Born 12 Nov 1685 in Cornhill, City of London, England

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Died 17 Dec 1750 at age 65 in Midgham, Berkshire, England

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Stephen Poyntz was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Stephen Poyntz was the son of William Poyntz, upholsterer of Cornhill and his second wife, Jane Monteage. Born in 1685 he was baptised at St Michael, Cornhill in November. ^[1] He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1706.^[2] After his formal education he travelled abroad with the Duke of Devonshire and became tutor to the sons of Lord Townshend at The Hague. He served James Earl Stanhope as commissary and in 1724 was sent on a diplomatic mission to Sweden followed by a mission to the congress at Soissons in 1728, remaining abroad until 1730.^[2]

Having returned to England he was appointed governor to the King's second son, the William Augustus Duke of Cumberland in 1731. ^[2]

Stephen married Anne Maria Mordaunt, daughter of Brig.-Gen. Hon. Lewis Mordaunt and his second wife, Mary Collyer, in February 1733, ^[3][4] Living in rooms at St James's Palace they had four children, Louisa, WIlliam, Charles and Margaret.^[4]

Stephen was invested as a Privy Counsellor in 1735. ^[4][2]

Stephen died at Midgham in Berkshire on 17 December 1750 ^[5] and was buried there.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptismal record St Michael Cornwhill (November 1685 (The day left blank but before next entry on 26th) Stephen Poyntz son of William Poyntz and Jane, his wife)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Venn Cambridge Alumni: Stephen Poyntz
3. ↑ Marriage Bond (22 November 1732 Stephen Poyntz of Barn Elms, to marry Anna Maria Mordaunt of St James, Westminster)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Thepeerage.com Thepeerage.com: Rt. Hon. Stephen Poyntz Cites: G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XII/1, page 153
5. ↑ Musgrave's Obituaries (Stephen Poyntz, Preceptor to the Duke of Cumberland. 17 Dec 1750)

• David Nash Ford's Royal History of Berkshire

• Philip Woodfine, ‘Poyntz, Stephen (bap. 1685, d. 1750)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 17 Aug 2017. This is a subscription site but access is free to readers of British libraries whose library subscribes.