Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton

His Grace The Duke of Bolton PC JP
Arms of Paulet: Sable, three swords pilewise points in base proper pomels and hilts or
9th Custos Rotulorum of Hampshire
In office 1670–1676
Monarch	Charles II
Prime Minister	Lord High Treasurers Commission of the Treasury: (until 1672) The Lord Ashley Sir Thomas Clifford Sir John Duncombe The Lord Clifford of Chudleigh (1672-1673) The Viscount Latimer (from 1673)
Chancellor	Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Bt (as Lord Keeper) (until 1672) The Earl of Shaftesbury (1672-1673) The Earl of Nottingham (from 1673)
Preceded by	The Earl of Northumberland
Succeeded by	The Lord Annesley
Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
In office 20 December 1667 – 1675
Monarch	Charles II
Prime Minister	Lord High Treasurers Commission of the Treasury: (until 1672) The Duke of Albemarle (until 1670) The Lord Ashley Sir Thomas Clifford Sir William Coventry (until 1669) Sir John Duncombe The Lord Clifford of Chudleigh (1672-1673) The Viscount Latimer (from 1673)
Chancellor	Sir Orlando Bridegman, 1st Bt (as Lord Keeper) (until 1672) The Earl of Shaftesbury (1672-1673) The Earl of Nottingham (from 1673)
Preceded by	The Earl of Southampton
Succeeded by	The Earl of Gainsborough
In office 4 April 1689 – 27 February 1699
Monarch	William III and Mary II (until 1694)
Prime Minister	Lord High Treasurers Commission of the Treasury: (1689-1690) The Earl of Monmouth The Lord Delamere The Lord Godolphin Sir Henry Capell Richard Hampden Commission of the Treasury: (18 March 1690 – 15 November 1690) Sir John Lowther Richard Hampden Sir Stephen Fox Thomas Pelham Commission of the Treasury: (15 November 1690 – 1 June 1699) The Lord Godolphin Sir John Lowther (until 21 March 1692) Richard Hampden (until 2 May 1696) Sir Stephen Fox Charles Montagu (from 3 May 1694) Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet (until 2 May 1696) Sir William Trumbull (3 May 1694 – 1 November 1695) John Smith (from 3 May 1694) Sir Thomas Littleton (from 2 May 1696)
Chancellor	See Lord Commissioners of the Great Seal: (9 April 1689 – 18 March 1690) Sir John Maynard Sir Anthony Keck Sir William Rawlinson Lord Commissioners of the Great Seal: (1689-1693) Sir John Trevor Sir William Rawlinson Sir George Hutchins The Lord Somers (from 1693)
Preceded by	The Duke of Berwick
Succeeded by	The 2nd Duke of Bolton
Member of Parliament for Winchester
In office 1660–1660 Serving with John Hooke
Monarch	Charles II
Prime Minister	Lord High Treasurers Commission of the Treasury: (19 June – 8 September 1660) Sir Edward Hyde The Marquess of Ormonde Sir George Monck The Earl of Southampton The Lord Robartes The Lord Colepeper Sir Edward Montagu Sir Edward Nicholas Sir William Morice
Chancellor	See Lord Commissioners of the Great Seal: William Lenthall Sir Thomas Widdrington Thomas Tyrrell John Fountaine The Earl of Manchester
Preceded by	Thomas Cole
Succeeded by	Lawrence Hyde
Constituency	Winchester
Member of Parliament for Hampshire
In office 1661–1675 Serving with Sir John Norton, 3rd Baronet
Monarch	Charles II
Prime Minister	Lord High Treasurers The Earl of Southampton (until 1667) Commission of the Treasury: (1667-1672) The Duke of Albemarle (until 1670) The Lord Ashley Sir Thomas Clifford Sir William Coventry (until 1669) Sir John Duncombe The Lord Clifford of Chudleigh (1672-1673) The Earl of Danby (from 1673)
Preceded by	Richard Norton
Succeeded by	Sir Francis Rolle
Constituency	Hampshire
Personal details
Born	Charles Paulet c. 1630
Died	27 February 1699 (aged 68–69) Amport, Hampshire
Resting place	St Mary's Church, Basing, Hampshire 51°16′17″N 1°02′48″W / 51.27139°N 1.04667°W
Nationality	English
Spouse(s)	Christian Frescheville Mary le Scrope
Children	Jane Paulet Mary Paulet Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton William Paulet
Parents	John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester (father) Jane Savage (mother)
The 1st Duke of Bolton Title 1st Duke of Bolton Tenure 1689-1699 Other titles 6th Marquess of Winchester 6th Earl of Wiltshire 6th Baron St John Predecessor John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester Successor Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton

Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton PC JP (c. 1630^[1] – 27 February 1699), was an English nobleman, the son of John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester and his first wife, Jane Savage.^[2]

Career

Paulet succeeded his father as the sixth Marquess of Winchester in 1675. He was MP for Winchester in 1660 and then for Hampshire from 1661 to 5 March 1675.^[1] Before his succession to the Marquessate he was styled Lord St John.^[2]

He held the following offices:^[1]

• Freeman, Winchester June 1660, Hartlepool 1670
• Justice of the Peace Hampshire July 1660-?d., Yorkshire (North Riding) 1664-?85, Surrey, Middlesex and Westminster 1671-?80, (East Riding) by 1680-85
• Commissioner for assessment, Hampshire August 1660-75, N. Riding 1663-75, West and East Ridings and County Durham 1673-5
• Commissioner for loyal and indigent officers, Hampshire 1662
• Lord Lieutenant Hampshire 1667-76, 1689-1699;
• Warden of the New Forest 1668-76, 1689-1699
• High Steward, Winchester 1669-84
• Custos rotulorum Hampshire 1670-6, 1689-1699
• Keeper of King’s Lodge, Petersham 1671-?76
• Commissioner for recusants, Hampshire 1675
• Colonel of militia horse and foot by 1697-1699
• Privy Councillor 22 April 1679-1699
• Colonel of foot 1689-98

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 on 9 April 1689.^[2] He built Bolton Hall, North Yorkshire in 1678.^[3]

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. His adherence in adult life to the Church of England has been described as a great blow to the Roman Catholic community: his father had openly professed the Catholic faith, and used his wealth and influence to protect the Catholics of Hampshire.

Marriage and issue

Charles Paulet married twice:

First marriage

He married as his first wife, 28 February 1652, Christian (13 December 1633 – 22 May 1653), daughter of John Frescheville, 1st Baron Frescheville of Staveley, Derbyshire and Sarah Harrington, and by her had a son:^[2]

• Unknown Paulet, born May 1653, died May 1653

Christian, Lady St. John, died 22 May 1653 in childbirth and was buried with her infant at Staveley, Derbyshire.^[2]

Second marriage

He married as his second wife, 12 February 1655, at St. Dionis Backchurch, London, Mary (died 1 November 1680), the illegitimate daughter of Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland, widow of Henry Carey, Lord Leppington, and by her had issue:^[1][4][5]

• Jane Paulet, c.1656–23 May 1716, married 2 April 1673 John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgwater
• Mary Paulet
• Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, 1661–1722
• William Paulet, c.1663/7–

Mary, Lady Paulet died 1 Nov 1680, at Moulins, Allier, France, and was buried, 12 Nov 1680, at Wensley, Yorkshire.^[6]

Death

Charles Paulet died suddenly at Amport on 27 February 1699, aged 68, and was buried 23 March at Basing Hampshire.^[1][6]

Footnotes

1. Helms 1983.
2. Cokayne II 1912, p. 210.
3. "Bolton Hall, Preston-under-Scar". Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
4. Cokayne II 1912, pp. 210-211.
5. "Charles Powlett, Duke of Bolton". Family Search: Community Trees. British Isles. Peerage, Baronetage, and Landed Gentry families with extended lineage. Histfam.familysearch.org. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
6. Cokayne II 1912, p. 211.

Sources

• "Bolton Hall, Preston-under-Scar". Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
• "Charles Powlett, Duke of Bolton". Family Search: Community Trees. British Isles. Peerage, Baronetage, and Landed Gentry families with extended lineage. Histfam.familysearch.org. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
• Cokayne, George Edward (1912). Gibbs, Vicary, ed. "The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom : extant, extinct, or dormant". London: St Catherine Press. p. 210.
• Helms, M. W. and Watson, Paula (1983). Henning, B. D., ed. "POWLETT, (PAULET), Charles I, Lord St. John of Basing (c.1630-99), of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London and Hackwood, Hants.". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690. Histparl.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2013.

External links

• POWLETT, (PAULET), Charles I, Lord St. John of Basing (c.1630-99), of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London and Hackwood, Hants. A Biography
• Charles Powlett, Duke of Bolton Family tree
• Bolton Hall, Preston-under-Scar