Charles Armand Powlett
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Major General Sir Charles Armand Powlett, KB (c.1694 – 14 November 1751) was a British soldier. He was the younger son of Lord William Powlett, brother of the second Duke of Bolton, by his wife Louisa, daughter of Armand Nompar de Caumont, Marquis de Montpouillon, and granddaughter of Henri Nompar de Caumont, 3rd Duc de La Force.
In June 1738 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Lewes of Stanford in Nottinghamshire and widow of Richard Dashwood, third son of Sir Robert Dashwood, 1st Baronet and a former High Sheriff of Norfolk; they had no children.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Christchurch on 3 April 1740, and on 27 December of that year he became Colonel of a newly-raised regiment of Marines, which took his name and was later ranked as the 52nd Regiment of Foot. The regiment was disbanded on 7 November 1748. On 2 May 1749 Powlett was made a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath, and on the 1 November he was appointed Colonel of what had been George Reade's Regiment, later the 9th Regiment of Foot. On 26 January 1751 he became Colonel of the 13th Dragoons, a post he held until his death later that year. His second cousin once removed, Captain Harry Powlett, was elected for Christchurch in his place. Sir Charles Powlett was survived by Lady Powlett, who died in September 1756, by his stepson Robert Dashwood, and by his step-grandson Charles Vere Dashwood, of Stanford, who was later to name his eldest son Charles Armand Dashwood.
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Regiment raised |
Colonel of Sir Charles Powlett's Regiment of Marines 1740–1748 |
Succeeded by Regiment disbanded |
| Preceded by George Reade |
Colonel of Sir Charles Powlett's Regiment of Foot 1749–1751 |
Succeeded by The Earl Waldegrave |
| Preceded by Peter Naison |
Colonel of the 13th Regiment of Dragoons 1751 |
Succeeded by Henry Seymour Conway |
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by James Worsley Thomas Holmes |
Member of Parliament for Newtown (Isle of Wight) with Sir John Barrington, Bt 1729-1734 |
Succeeded by James Worsley Thomas Holmes |
| Preceded by Joseph Hinxman Edward Hooper |
Member of Parliament for Christchurch with Edward Hooper 1740–1748 Sir Thomas Robinson 1748–1751 1740–1751 |
Succeeded by Sir Thomas Robinson Harry Powlett |
