The House of Lords gave the Poulett earldom to the 6th Earl's 15-year-old son over the elder son the Earl disowned

William Henry Poulett, 6th Earl Poulett, inherited Hinton House and about 11,000 acres in Somerset in 1864^†. In 1849 he married Elizabeth Lavinia Newman, who was already pregnant, and left her that August^†. Her son, William Turnour Thomas Poulett, was born on 15 December 1849^†. The Earl did not accept the boy as his. His third wife, Rosa, bore him a son, William John Lydston Poulett, in 1883^†. The Earl died in 1899. Both sons petitioned the Lords for the earldom. Australian papers reported the elder claimant was working as an organ grinder^†. On 27 July 1903 the House agreed the Committee for Privileges report. William Turnour Thomas Poulett had not made out his claim to be Earl Poulett. Rosa, Countess Poulett, petitioning as testamentary guardian of her son, had made out his. The 15-year-old became 7th Earl. He served in the Royal Horse Artillery and died of influenza in 1918^†. His son George, the 8th Earl, sold the Hinton estate in August 1968 and moved to Jersey^†. All the Poulett titles became extinct when he died on 1 March 1973^†. Hinton House was divided into flats^†. In 2026 there is no Earl Poulett.