His Grace The Duke of Bolton PC JP |
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9th Custos Rotulorum of Hampshire | |||||||||||||
In office 1670–1676 |
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Monarch | Charles II | ||||||||||||
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Preceded by | The Earl of Northumberland | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | The Lord Annesley | ||||||||||||
Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire | |||||||||||||
In office 20 December 1667 – 1675 |
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Preceded by | The Earl of Southampton | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | The Earl of Gainsborough | ||||||||||||
In office 4 April 1689 – 27 February 1699 |
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Monarch | William III and Mary II (until 1694) | ||||||||||||
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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 |
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Monarch | Charles II | ||||||||||||
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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 |
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Monarch | Charles II | ||||||||||||
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Preceded by | Richard Norton | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Sir Francis Rolle | ||||||||||||
Constituency | Hampshire | ||||||||||||
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Charles Paulet c. 1630 |
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Died | 27 February 1699 Amport, Hampshire |
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Resting place | St Mary's Church, Basing, Hampshire 51°16′17″N 1°02′48″W / 51.27139°N 1.04667°W |
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Nationality | English | ||||||||||||
Spouse(s) | Christian Frescheville Mary le Scrope |
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Children | Jane Paulet Mary Paulet Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton William Paulet |
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Parents |
John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester (father) Jane Savage (mother) |
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The 1st Duke of Bolton | |
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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 – 27 February 1699), was an English nobleman, the son of John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester and his first wife, Jane Savage.
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. Before his succession to the Marquessate he was styled Lord St John.
He held the following offices:
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. He built Bolton Hall, North Yorkshire in 1678.
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.