| Barony of Bolton | |
|---|---|
  Sable three Sword in pile points downwards Argent pommelled and hilted Or on a Canton Argent an Escutcheon Sable charged with a Salmon hauriant proper. | |
| Creation date | 20 October 1797 |
| Created by | King George III |
| Peerage | Peerage of Great Britain |
| First holder | Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton |
| Present holder | Thomas Peter Algar Orde-Powlett, 9th Baron Bolton |
| Heir apparent | Hector Percy Algar Orde-Powlett |
| Seat(s) | Bolton Hall |
Baron Bolton, ofBolton Castle in the County of York, is a title in thePeerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1797 for theTory politicianThomas Orde-Powlett, who had previously served asChief Secretary for Ireland. Born Thomas Orde, he was the husband of Jean Mary Browne-Powlett, illegitimate daughter ofCharles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton, who had entailed the greater part of his extensive estates to her in default of male issue of his younger brotherHarry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton.
John Orde, younger brother of the first Baron Bolton, was an Admiral in theRoyal Navy and was created abaronet, of Morpeth in the County of Northumberland, in 1790.
The sixth Duke died without male heirs in 1794 when the dukedom became extinct and the Bolton estates passed to Thomas Orde in right of his wife. In 1795 he assumed the additional surname of Powlett. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He briefly representedYarmouth in theHouse of Commons. On his death the title passed to his nephew, the third Baron. His grandson, the fifth Baron, sat as aConservativeMember of Parliament forRichmond and served asLord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire.
The eighth Baron was an amateur jockey and pilot, who led aid convoys providing humanitarian relief to Bosnian Muslims during theBosnian War. He later became custodian ofBolton Castle, successfully raising funds for its restoration.[1]
In 2023, the title is held by the latter's son, Thomas Peter Algar [Orde-Powlett], 9th Baron Bolton, who succeeded his father in June 2023.[2]
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Theheir apparent is the present holder's son, Hon. Hector Percy Algar Orde-Powlett (b. 2009).[6]
Barons Scrope of Bolton (1371)
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According to John Bateman'sThe Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland, 1883, the 3rd Lord Bolton (1818–1895) of the day,[8] ofHackwood Park, Basingstoke,&tc, and the London clubsCarlton andBoodle's, had in the North Riding of Yorkshire 15,413 acres (62 km2) returning £14,515.20 per year and in Hampshire 13,808 acres (56 km2), returning £14,414.40 (converted from guineas).[9]
The sixth Baron, still as today of Bolton Hall, died in 1963 with free-to-distribute assets probated at£71,979 (equivalent to about £1,900,000 in 2023) and about1⁄20 of that amount the next year in a settled land valuation, co-administered bySir Henry Lawson-Tancred.[10]
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