Family and Education
b. c. 1661, 1st surv. s. of Charles Powlett I, being 1st s. by 2nd w.; bro. of Lord William Powlett. educ. G. Inn, entered 1674; Winchester 1675; travelled abroad (France) 1675-8. m. (1) 10 July 1679, Margaret (d. 7 Feb. 1682), da. of George, 3rd Baron Coventry of Aylesborough, s.p.; (2) 8 Feb. 1683, Frances (d. 22 Nov. 1696), da. of William Ramsden of Byrom, Yorks., 2s. 2da.; (3) by 15 Oct. 1697, Henrietta Crofts (d. 27 Feb. 1730) illegit. da. of James, Duke of Monmouth, 1s. styled. Earl of Wiltshire 5 Mar. 1675, Mq. of Winchester 9 Apr. 1689; suc. fa. as 2nd Duke of Bolton 27 Feb. 1699; KG 16 Oct. 1714.CSP Dom. 1675-6, p. 368; 1677-8, p. 372; 1678, p. 526.
Offices Held

Freeman, Lymington 1685, Winchester 1689; commr. for assessment, York, Brec. and Glam. 1689, Hants, Wilts. and Yorks. (N. Riding) 1689 – 90; j.p. Hants 1689 – d., dep. Lt. 1689 – 99; col. vol. horse, London 1690; militia ft. Hants by 1697 – d.; bailiff of Burley, New Forest 1691 – 1710, 1714 – d.; v.-adm. Hants and I.o.W. 1692 – 1710, 1714 – d.; ld. lt. Hants and Dorset 1699 – 1710, 1714 – d.; custos rot. Hants 1699 – 1710, 1715 – d.; warden, New Forest 1699 – 1710, 1714 – d.; high steward, Winchester ?1699 – d.; gov. of I.o.W. 1707–10.Winchester corp. assembly bk. 6, f. 38; HMC Le Fleming, 280; Eg. 1626, f. 45; Lymington Recs. 10.

Ld. chamberlain to Queen Mary II 1689 – 94; PC 3 June 1690 – d.; one of the lds. justices [I] 1697 – 1700; commr. for union with Scotland 1706; one of the lds. justices 1714, 1720; ld. chamberlain 1715 – 17; ld. lt. [I] 1717–19.

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Commons 1660-1690
Web Title

POWLETT, Charles II (c.1661-1722)

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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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