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214 BOLTON d. s.p. legit., at Tunbridge Wells, 26 Aug., and was bur. 14 Sep. 1754, at Basing, aged 68, when the Barony of Pawlet of Basing became extinct.^") Will dat. 6 July 1743, pr. 26 Aug. 1754. His widow d. at West Combe Park, Kent, 24 Jan., and was bur. 3 Feb. 1 760, aged about 52, at Greenwich. Will dat. 6 Dec. 1759, pr. 7 Feb. 1760. IV. 1754. 4. Harry (Powlett), Duke of Bolton, tfc., br. of the whole blood and h., b. 24 July 1691, in London. Was in Portugal as A.D.C. to Lord Galway in 1710. M.P. (Whig) for St. Ives 1715-22; for Hants 1722-54 (being elected also for Lyming- ton in 1722); said to have been a Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales 1729; a Lord of the Admiralty 1733-42; Lieut, of the Tower of London 1742-54; Lord Lieut, of Glamorgan 1754-55, and of Hants 1754-58. P.C. 9 Jan. 1755. ^^ ^^- Catharine, da. of Charles Parry, of Oakfield, Berks, sometime Envoy to Portugal. She d. before Mar. 1758. He d. 9, and was bur. 20 Oct. 1759, at Basing, aged 68. Will dat. 8 Mar. 1758, pr. 3 Dec. 1761. V. 1759. 5. Charles (Powlett), Duke OF Bolton, fffc, s. and h., b. about 171 8; ed. at Winchester 1728-29. M.P. (Whig) for Lymington 1741-54, and for Hants (being then styled Mar- quess of Winchester) 1754-59. Lieut. Col. in the Army 1745. Nom. (*) He was well known as one of the gallants of the period. " No man was ever more indebted to rank and title than this nobleman; for no man stood more in need of the consequence which is derived from them. Weak and whimsical, but persuaded, like many other good mistaken people of the same kind, that he possessed the opposite qualities, he naturally became no infrequent subject of mirth, raillery and cajolement. The moment, however, which brought his dignity along with it silenced the laughter and changed the arch look of ridicule into the submissive gravity of respect. The ducal coronet, by its magic power, exalted frivolity and weakness into stability and good sense, and the crowd who used to indulge their humour at the expense of Lord H P think themselves favoured by the society and court the protection of the Duke of B ." (Royal Register, vol. iii, p. 89). "A handsome, agreeable libertine." (Lady L. Stuart. 1837). Lord Hervey writes most unfavourably of him, as "absolutely a fool " and a rogue. " Being as proud as if he had been of any consequence besides what his employ- ments made him, as vain as if he had some merit, and as necessitous as if he had no estate, so he was troublesome at Court, hated in the country, and scandalous in his regi- ment. The dirty tricks he played to cheat the Government of men, or his men of half-a-crown, were things unknown to any Colonel but his Grace, no griping Scotsman excepted." (Memoirs of the Reign of George II, vol. i, pp. 210-II). The above mentioned " dirty tricks " are alluded to in a squib of the time, " Now Bolton comes with beat of drums, Tho' fighting be his lothing, He much dislikes both pikes and guns. But relishes the clothing." V.G.