Bluett Wallop

Bluett (or Bluet) Wallop (27 April 1726 – 6 June 1749) was a British soldier and politician.

The fourth son of John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth, Bluett was appointed a Page of Honour to George II on 8 November 1739.^[1] He served the King on campaign in Flanders in 1743 and 1744. In the latter year, he left the King's service, having obtained a commission as a cornet in Honywood's Regiment of Horse. He was with his regiment at Fontenoy, and soon thereafter got a captaincy in Lord Sempill's Regiment of Foot. He fought at Culloden, and later got the captaincy of a troop of horse and served as equerry to the Duke of Cumberland.^[2]

In 1747, he was returned to Parliament as a member for Newport, Isle of Wight, owing to his father's influence as Governor of the Isle of Wight.^[3] He died of smallpox in 1749.^[4]

References

1. Bucholz, R.O. (2006). "Index of officers: Wa – Wh". Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (revised): Court Officers, 1660-1837. pp. 1582–1625.
2. Collins's Peerage
3. "Wallop, Hon. Bluett (1726–49)". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
4. Gent. Mag., v. 19, p. 284

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Anthony Chute Monoux Cope	Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) 1747–1749 With: Thomas Lee Dummer	Succeeded by Thomas Lee Dummer Ralph Jenison
Court offices
Preceded by John Ashburnham	Page of Honour 1739–1744	Succeeded by Hon. William Howe