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Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton PC (30 August 1740 – 30 July 1807) was an English politician. He was also an amateur etcher, and a cartoonist.[1]
Life
Born Thomas Orde, he was son of John Orde of Morpeth, Northumberland. He was educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge, graduating Master of Arts in 1773.[2]
Orde entered politics as Tory Member of Parliament for Aylesbury (1780–1784) and later for Harwich (1784–1796). He served as Secretary to the Treasury (1782–1783) and as Chief Secretary for Ireland (1784–1787). Around 1782, he was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland, and in 1785, to HM Privy Council. He was Governor of the Isle of Wight (1791–1807) and Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (1800–1807).
On 7 January 1795, by Royal Licence, he assumed the additional surname of Powlett, and on 20 October 1797 he was created Baron Bolton. His younger brother John Orde was an Admiral in the Navy, and was created a Baronet, of Morpeth in the County of Northumberland, in 1790.
He died in 1807 and was succeeded by his eldest son William, the second Baron, who was MP for Yarmouth (IoW) for a short while.
Family
On 7 April 1778 Orde married Jean Mary Browne-Powlett, the illegitimate daughter of Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton, who had entailed most of his extensive estates to her in default of male issue of his younger brother Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton. The latter died without male heirs in 1794, the Dukedom became extinct, and the said inheritance passed to Thomas Orde in right of his wife. The properties with attached farms included Bolton Hall and Bolton Castle in North Yorkshire and Hackwood Park, Old Basing, Hampshire.
References
- ^ "Orde, Thomas (1746-1807). History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ "Orde (post Orde-Powlett), Thomas (ORD765T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Anthony Bacon John Aubrey | Member of Parliament for Aylesbury 1780–1784 With: Anthony Bacon | Succeeded by Sir Thomas Hallifax William Wrightson |
| Preceded by John Robinson George North | Member of Parliament for Harwich 1784–1796 With: John Robinson | Succeeded by John Robinson Richard Hopkins |
| Parliament of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by Sackville Hamilton Charles Francis Sheridan | Member of Parliament for Rathcormack 1784–1790 With: Charles Francis Sheridan | Succeeded by Henry Duquery John Philpot Curran |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Henry Strachey | Secretary to the Treasury (senior) 1782–1783 | Succeeded by Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
| Preceded by Thomas Pelham | Chief Secretary for Ireland 1784–1787 | Succeeded by Alleyne Fitzherbert |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by Sir Richard Worsley | Vice-Admiral of the Isle of Wight 1791–1807 | Succeeded by Viscount FitzHarris |
| Preceded by The Duke of Bolton | Governor of the Isle of Wight 1791–1807 | |
| Preceded by Earl of Wiltshire | Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire 1800–1807 | Succeeded by The Earl of Malmesbury |
| Vacant Title last held by The Duke of Bolton | Vice-Admiral of Hampshire 1803–1807 | Succeeded by Viscount FitzHarris |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| New title | Baron Bolton 1797–1807 | Succeeded by William Orde-Powlett |