Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton
Lieutenant-general Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton, (c. 1718 – 5 July 1765), styled Marquess of Winchester from 1754 to 1759, was a British soldier, nobleman and Whig politician. Early life He was the eldest son of Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton and Catherine Parry. Career Educated at Winchester, he joined the British Army and became a lieutenant-colonel in 1745. Powlett was a Groom of the Bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales from 1749 until the Prince's death in 1751. He had been promoted lieutenant general by 12 March 1752, when he was made a KB. Upon the succession of his father to the Dukedom in December 1754, he became known as Marquess of Winchester, and he left his seat at Lymington to succeed his father in Hampshire. He would remain member for that county until his succession as Duke of Bolton in 1759. On 22 December 1758, he was sworn of the Privy Council. Personal life Lord Bolton never married, however, he had a child with Mary Browne Banks: Jean Mary Browne-Powlett (–1814), who married Thomas Orde in 1778. On 5 July 1765, Bolton died by suicide – shooting himself in the head with a pistol in his