BOLTON, DUKES OF. The title of duke of Bolton was held in the family of Powlett or Paulet from 1689 to 1794. CHARLES POVv'LETT, the ist duke (c. 1625-1699), who became 6th marquis of Winchester on his father's death in 1675, had been member of parliament for Winchester and then for Hamp shire, from 166o to 1675. An ardent Whig in Charles II.'s reign, he supported William of Orange in 1688 and was restored to the office of lord-lieutenant of Hampshire and created duke of Bolton in April 1689. He was an eccentric man, famed for his grotesque extravagances. He died in Feb.-1699, and was succeeded by his elder son, CHARLES, 2nd duke of Bolton (1661-1722), who had also been a supporter of William of Orange. He was lord lieutenant of Hampshire and of Dorsetshire, a commissioner to arrange the union of England and Scotland and was lord justice in 1696, and lord-lieutenant of Ireland, 1717-22. His third wife was Henrietta (d. 173o), a natural daughter of James, duke of Monmouth. According to Swift, this duke was "a great booby." His eldest son, CHARLES, 3rd duke of Bolton (1685-1754), filled many public offices and attained high rank in the British army. His opposition to Sir Robert Walpole deprived him of several of his offices in '733; but some of them were afterwards restored to him, and he raised a regiment for service against the Jacobites in 1745. He was a famous gallant, and his second wife was the singer, Lavinia Fenton (d. 176o), who had previously been his mistress