Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton

Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton PC (24 July 1691 – 9 October 1759), known until 1754 as Lord Harry Powlett, was a British nobleman and Whig politician, the second son of Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton and Frances Ramsden. He sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1754, when he took his seat in the House of Lords.

During the close of the War of the Spanish Succession, he served as an ADC to the Earl of Galway in Portugal, in 1710.

He married Catherine Parry (d. 25 April 1744), by whom he had four children:

• 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 first William Ashe, second in 1734 Adam Drummond of Megginch (d. 1786), without issue by him

He was elected at the 1715 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for St Ives in Cornwall. He held the seat until the 1722 general election, when he was returned as MP for Hampshire. He held that seat until he succeeded to the peerage in 1754, with one interruption. At the 1734 general election he was returned both for Hampshire and for Yarmouth. A 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against the Hampshire result, and he sat for Yarmouth until 1737 when the petition against the Hampshire result was withdrawn, then chose to represent Hampshire rather than Yarmouth for the remainder of the Parliament.

From 1733 until 1742, he was a Lord of the Admiralty. He was sworn a Privy Counsellor in 1755.

Sources

• Paulet genealogy

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by John Hopkins Sir William Pendarves	Member of Parliament for St Ives 1715–1722 With: Sir John Hobart, Bt	Succeeded by Sir John Hobart, Bt Henry Knollys
Preceded by George Pitt Lord Nassau Powlett	Member of Parliament for Hampshire 1722–1754 With: Lord Nassau Powlett 1722–1727 Sir John Cope, Bt 1727–1734 Edward Lisle 1734–1741 Paulet St John 1741–1747 Francis Whithead 1747–1751 Alexander Thistlethwayte1751–1754	Succeeded by Alexander Thistlethwayte Marquess of Winchester
Preceded by Maurice Bocland Paul Burrard	Member of Parliament for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1734 – 1737 With: Paul Burrard Thomas Gibson	Succeeded by Anthony Chute Thomas Gibson
Honorary titles
Preceded by Hatton Compton	Lieutenant of the Tower of London 1742–1754	Succeeded by Marquess of Winchester
Preceded by The Duke of Bolton	Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire 1754–1758
	Vice-Admiral of Dorset and Hampshire 1755–1759
Peerage of England
Preceded by Charles Powlett	Duke of Bolton 1754–1759	Succeeded by Charles Powlett