Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton
Lieutenant-General Charles Powlett (sometimes spelled Paulet), 3rd Duke of Bolton KG PC (3 September 1685 – 26 August 1754) was a British nobleman and politician.
Paulet was the eldest son of Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton and Frances Ramsden, born in 1685 at Chawton. From 1685 until 1699 he was styled Earl of Wiltshire, and from 1699 until his accession, Marquess of Winchester.[1]
He was Whig MP for Lymington from 1705 to 1708, Hampshire from 1708 to 1710 and Carmarthenshire from 1715 to 1717. In 1739, he became a founding governor of the Foundling Hospital in London, an orphanage for abandoned children.
On 21 July 1713, he married Lady Anne Vaughan, a daughter of the 3rd Earl of Carbery. The marriage was not a happy one, and there were no children. In 1728, he began a long-standing affair with the English actress, Lavinia Fenton. Lady Anne died in 1751 and the Duke married Lavinia Fenton on 20 October 1751 at Aachen. She had already born him three illegitimate sons: Charles, Percy, and Horatio Armand Powlett.
The third Duke of Bolton died in 1754, aged 68, at Royal Tunbridge Wells and was buried at Basing.
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- ↑ The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 45, p.155. Oxford University Press, 2004
| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Thomas Dore Paul Burrard |
Member of Parliament for Lymington 1705 – 1707 With: Paul Burrard |
Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain |
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Parliament of England |
Member of Parliament for Lymington 1707 – 1708 With: Paul Burrard |
Succeeded by Paul Burrard Richard Chaundler |
| Preceded by Thomas Jervoise Richard Chaundler |
Member of Parliament for Hampshire 1708 – 1710 With: Viscount Woodstock 1708–1709 Thomas Jervoise 1709–1710 |
Succeeded by George Pitt Sir Simeon Stewart, Bt |
| Preceded by Sir Thomas Powell, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire 1715 – 1717 |
Succeeded by Sir Thomas Stepney, Bt |
| Military offices | ||
| Preceded by The Duke of Argyll |
Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards 1717–1733 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Argyll |
| New regiment | Colonel of The Duke of Bolton's Regiment of Foot 1745–1746 |
Regiment disbanded |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by The Earl of Carbery |
Custos Rotulorum of Carmarthenshire 1714–1735 |
Succeeded by Sir Nicholas Williams, Bt |
| Preceded by Sir Thomas Mansel, Bt |
Vice-Admiral of South Wales 1715–1754 |
Vacant |
| Preceded by The Duke of Bolton |
Lord Lieutenant of Dorset 1722–1733 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Shaftesbury |
| Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire 1722–1733 |
Succeeded by The Viscount Lymington | |
| Preceded by The Earl of Lincoln |
Constable of the Tower of London Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets 1725–1726 |
Succeeded by The Viscount Lonsdale |
| Preceded by The Earl Cadogan |
Governor of the Isle of Wight 1726–1733 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Montagu |
| Vacant Title last held by The Earl of Pembroke |
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan 1729–1754 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Plymouth |
| Preceded by The Earl of Pembroke |
Custos Rotulorum of Glamorgan 1728–1754 | |
| Preceded by The Duke of Montagu |
Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners 1740–1742 |
Succeeded by The Lord Bathurst |
| Preceded by George Trenchard |
Vice-Admiral of Dorset 1742 – 1754 |
Vacant Title next held by The Duke of Bolton |
| Preceded by The Viscount Lymington |
Vice-Admiral and Governor of the Isle of Wight 1742–1746 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Portsmouth |
| Lord Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of Hampshire 1742–1754 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Bolton | |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by Charles Paulet |
Duke of Bolton 1722–1754 |
Succeeded by Harry Powlett |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| New creation | Baron Pawlet de Basing 1717–1754 |
Extinct |
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