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|access-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 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|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|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/>