William Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Bolton
Honorific Suffix:JP DL
Office:Member of Parliament for Richmond
Term Start:1910
Term End:1918
Predecessor:Sir Francis Dyke Acland
Successor:Murrough Wilson
Birth Name:William George Algar Orde-Powlett
Alma Mater:Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Parents:William Orde-Powlett, 4th Baron Bolton
Lady Algitha Frederica Mary Lumley
Children:3
Relations:William Orde-Powlett, 3rd Baron Bolton (grandfather)
Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough (grandfather)

William George Algar Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton JP DL (21 August 1869  - 11 December 1944) was a British peer and Conservative Party politician.

Early life

Orde-Powlett was born on 21 August 1869. He was the eldest son of William Orde-Powlett, 4th Baron Bolton of Bolton Castle (son of William Orde-Powlett, 3rd Baron Bolton)[1] and Lady Algitha Frederica Mary Lumley (the daughter of Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough).[2]

He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

Career

He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Hussars, but resigned the commission in April 1902. The following month he was on 28 May appointed major of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). He later served with the Yorkshire Regiment during the First World War and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. From 1910 to 1918 he was MP for Richmond. From 1935 to 1944 he was Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire[3]

Personal life

On 6 June 1893, he married Hon. Elizabeth Mary Gibson (1871, d. 9 December 1943) at St George's, Hanover Square. She was a daughter of Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne and the former Frances Maria Adelaide Colles. Together, they were the parents of:[2]

Lady Bolton died on 9 December 1943 and Lord Bolton died just over a year later on 11 December 1944 at age 75. He was succeeded in the barony by his surviving son, Nigel.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Death of Lord Bolton . 13 January 2023 . . 9 November 1895 . 13.
  2. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 420.
  3. [Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-2007]