Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton: Difference between revisions

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/>

Powlett was elected at the [[1715 British general election|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 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 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against the Hampshire result, and he sat for Yarmouth until 1737, when the petition against the Hampshire result was withdrawn, then chose to represent Hampshire rather than Yarmouth for the remainder of the Parliament.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>

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/online/content/bolton1689.htm|title=Harry Paulet, 4th Duke of Bolton, PC|publisher=Cracroft's Peerage|accessdateaccess-date=9 February 2018}}</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|accessdateaccess-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|Senior 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/>

*Lady Catherine Powlett (d. 1775), married firstly [[William Ashe (1715-1750)|William Ashe]], secondly in 1734 [[Adam Drummond (politician)|Adam Drummond]] of Megginch (d. 1786), without issue by either.

*{{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}}

| before = [[George Pitt (1663-17351663–1735)|George Pitt]]

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