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'''Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton''' [[Privy Council of Great Britain|PC]] (24 July 1691 – 9 October 1759), known until 1754 as '''Lord Harry Powlett''', was a British nobleman and [[British Whig Party|Whig]] politician. He sat in the [[House of Commons of Great Britain|House of Commons]] from 1715 to 1754, when he took his seat in the [[House of Lords]].
 
==Early life==
Born the second son of [[Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton]] and Frances Ramsden, Powlett started his career in the [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=hop>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/powlett-lord-harry-1691-1759|title=Powlett, Lord Harry (1691-17591691–1759), of Edington, Wiltshire|publisher=History of Parliament|accessdateaccess-date=4 August 2017}}</ref> He served as an [[aide-de-camp|ADC]] to the [[Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway|Earl of Galway]] in [[Portugal]], in 1710, during the closing stages of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].<ref name=hop/>▼
 
==Political career==
Powlett was elected at the [[1715 British general election, 1715|1715 general election]] as a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|St Ives]] in Cornwall.<ref>Stooks Smith, p. 47</ref> He held the seat until the [[1722 British general election, 1722|1722 general election]],<ref>{{Rayment-hc|i|date=March 2012}}</ref> when he was returned as MP for [[Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Hampshire]].<ref>Stooks Smith, pp. 121–122</ref> He held that seat until he succeeded to the peerage in 1754,<ref>{{Rayment-hc|h|1|date=March 2012}}</ref> with one interruption. At the [[1734 British general election, 1734|1734 general election]] he was returned both for Hampshire and for [[Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)|Yarmouth]]. A [[election petition|petition]] was lodged against the Hampshire result, and he sat for Yarmouth until 1737, when the petition against the Hampshire result was withdrawn, then chose to represent Hampshire rather than Yarmouth for the remainder of the Parliament.<ref>Stooks Smith, p. 520</ref>▼
▲Born the second son of [[Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton]] and Frances Ramsden, Powlett started his career in the [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=hop>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/powlett-lord-harry-1691-1759|title=Powlett, Lord Harry (1691-1759), of Edington, Wiltshire|publisher=History of Parliament|accessdate=4 August 2017}}</ref> He served as an [[aide-de-camp|ADC]] to the [[Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway|Earl of Galway]] in [[Portugal]], in 1710 during the closing stages of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].<ref name=hop/>
 
He served as a [[Gentleman of the Bedchamber]] to [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]] from 1729 to 1751.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/bolton1689.htm|title=Harry Paulet, 4th Duke of Bolton, PC|publisher=Cracroft's Peerage|access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>
▲Powlett was elected at the [[British general election, 1715|1715 general election]] as a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|St Ives]] in Cornwall.<ref>Stooks Smith, p. 47</ref> He held the seat until the [[British general election, 1722|1722 general election]],<ref>{{Rayment-hc|i|date=March 2012}}</ref> when he was returned as MP for [[Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Hampshire]].<ref>Stooks Smith, pp. 121–122</ref> He held that seat until he succeeded to the peerage in 1754,<ref>{{Rayment-hc|h|1|date=March 2012}}</ref> with one interruption. At the [[British general election, 1734|1734 general election]] he was returned both for Hampshire and for [[Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)|Yarmouth]]. A [[election petition|petition]] was lodged against the Hampshire result, and he sat for Yarmouth until 1737 when the petition against the Hampshire result was withdrawn, then chose to represent Hampshire rather than Yarmouth for the remainder of the Parliament.<ref>Stooks Smith, p. 520</ref>
 
Powlett joined the [[Board of Admiralty]] in the [[Whig government, 1730–1742|Whig government]] in June 1733<ref name=Sainty-18-31>{{cite web|title=Sainty, JC, ''Lord High Admiral and Commissioners of the Admiralty 1660-18701660–1870, Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4: Admiralty Officials 1660-1870'' (1975), pp. 18-3118–31.|url=http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=16652| accessdate access-date=4 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007025436/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=16652|archive-date=7 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was advanced to [[First Sea Lord|FirstSenior Naval Lord]] in March 1738<ref name=rodger>Rodger, p. 51-52</ref> but had to stand down when the Government fell from power in March 1742.<ref name=Sainty-18-31/> He went on to serve as [[Lieutenant of the [[Tower of London]] from 1742 to 1754 and was then sworn a [[Privy Council of Great Britain|Privy Counsellor]] in January 1755.<ref name=hop/> He died on 9 October 1759.<ref name=hop/>
 
He succeeded his elder brother [[Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton]] to the dukedom in 1754. He died on 9 October 1759 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles.<ref name=hop/>
 
==Family==
[[File:Neale(1818) p2.074 - Hackwood Park, Hampshire.jpg|thumb|Hackwood Park, Hampshire]]
Powlett married Catherine Parry (d. 25 April 1744), by whom he had four children:<ref name=hop/>
*[[Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton]] (d.  1765)
*[[Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton]] (1720–1794)
*Lady Henrietta Powlett (d. 22 December 1753), married on 12 July 1741 [[Robert Colebrooke]] of Chilham Castle (d. 1784), no issue
*Lady Catherine Powlett (d. 1775), married firstfirstly William Ashe, secondsecondly in 1734 [[Adam Drummond (politician)|Adam Drummond]] of Megginch (d. 1786), without issue by himeither.
 
The Duke of Bolton's properties included [[Hackwood Park]] in Hampshire, [[Bolton Hall, North Yorkshire]], [[Edington, Wiltshire|Edington]] in Wiltshire and [[Hooke Court]] in Dorset.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Peerage of England; Containing a Genealogical and Historical ..., Volume 1|page=236}}</ref>
 
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== Sources ==
*{{cite book|last=Rodger|first=N.A.M.|authorlinkauthor-link=Nicholas A. M. Rodger|year=1979|title=The Admiralty. Offices of State|publisher= Lavenham: T. Dalton Ltd|isbn=0900963948}}
*{{cite book|last=Stooks Smith|first=Henry|editor= [[Craig, F. W. S. Craig|Craig,editor-link= F. W. S.]] Craig|title=[[The Parliaments of England]]|origyearorig-year=1844-1850|edition= 2nd|year=1973|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services|location=Chichester|isbn= 0-900178-13-2}}
 
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