William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath

The Right Honourable The Earl of Bath PC
Earl of Bath, 1761
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Disputed
In office 10 February 1746 – 12 February 1746
Monarch	George II
Preceded by	Henry Pelham
Succeeded by	Henry Pelham
Secretary at War
In office 1714–1717
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	Francis Gwyn
Succeeded by	James Craggs the Younger
Personal details
Born	William Pulteney (1684-03-22)22 March 1684 Leicestershire, England
Died	7 July 1764(1764-07-07) (aged 80)
Resting place	Westminster Abbey
Political party	Whig
Spouse	Anna Maria Gumley ​ ​ (m. 1714; died 1758)​
Children	William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Occupation	Politician
Cabinet	Short-lived ministry

William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, PC (22 March 1684 – 7 July 1764) was an English Whig politician and peer who sat in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1742 when he was raised to the peerage as the Earl of Bath by George II of Great Britain. He is sometimes represented as having served as First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister of Great Britain as part of the short-lived ministry in 1746, although most modern sources do not consider him to have held the office.