Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton

Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, PC (c. 1625 – 27 February 1699), son of John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester. He became the sixth Marquess of Winchester on his father's death in 1675, was Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchester and then for Hampshire from 1660 to 1675. Before his accession to the Marquessate he was styled Lord St John.^[1]

Having supported the claim of William and Mary to the English throne in 1688, he was restored to the Privy Council and to the office of Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, and was created Duke of Bolton in April 1689.

An eccentric man, hostile to Lord Halifax and afterwards to the Duke of Marlborough, he is said to have travelled during 1687 with four coaches and 100 horsemen, sleeping during the day and giving entertainments at night.

By his wife Mary, the natural daughter of Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland, he had six children:

• Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton (1661–1722)
• Lord William Powlett (c.1667–1729)
• Lady Jane Paulet (d. c.1715), married on 2 April 1673 John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgwater
• Lady Elizabeth Paulet, married Toby Jenkins
• Lord Thomas Paulet (d. June 1690, young)
• Lady Mary Paulet

References

1. ^ George Edward Cokayne, ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. II, p. 211, The St Catherine Press, London, 1912

Parliament of England
Preceded by John Hooke Thomas Cole	Member of Parliament for Winchester with John Hooke 1660–1661	Succeeded by Richard Goddard Lawrence Hyde
Preceded by Richard Norton John Bulkeley	Member of Parliament for Hampshire with Sir John Norton, Bt 1661–1675	Succeeded by Sir Francis Rolle Sir John Norton, Bt
Military offices
Regiment raised	Colonel of The Duke of Bolton's Regiment of Foot 1689–1697	Regiment disbanded
	Colonel of Henry Holt's Regiment of Foot 1689–1697
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Southampton	Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire 1667–1675	Succeeded by Edward Noel
Preceded by The Earl of Northumberland	Custos Rotulorum of Hampshire 1670–1676	Succeeded by Lord Annesley
Preceded by The Duke of Berwick	Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire 1689–1699	Succeeded by The Duke of Bolton
Peerage of England
New title	Duke of Bolton 1689–1699	Succeeded by Charles Paulet
Preceded by John Paulet	Marquess of Winchester 1675–1699

Persondata
Name	Bolton, Charles Paulet, 1st Duke Of
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Date of birth	1625
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Date of death	1699
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