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

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politician.

Early life

Orde-Powlett was born on 21 August 1869. He was the eldest son of

William Orde-Powlett, 4th Baron Bolton Baron Bolton, of Bolton Castle in the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1797 for the Tory politician Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton, Thomas Orde-Powlett, who had previously served as Chief Secre ...

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(son of

William Orde-Powlett, 3rd Baron Bolton William Henry Orde-Powlett, 3rd Baron Bolton Deputy Lieutenant, DL (24 February 1818 – 7 November 1895) was an English landowner. Early life Orde-Powlett was born on 24 February 1818 at Weymouth Street in Marylebone, London and was baptised on ...

) and Lady Algitha Frederica Mary Lumley (the daughter of

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).Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 420. He was educated at

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and the

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Career

He was commissioned as a

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in the

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, but resigned the commission in April 1902. The following month he was on 28 May appointed

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of the 1st

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Battalion, the Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). He later served with the

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during the

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and retired with the rank of

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. From 1910 to 1918 he was MP for

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. From 1935 to 1944 he was

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, 2007

Personal life

On 6 June 1893, he married Hon. Elizabeth Mary Gibson (1871, d. 9 December 1943) at

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. She was a daughter of

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and the former Frances Maria Adelaide Colles. Together, they were the parents of: * Hon. William Percy Orde-Powlett (1894–1915), who was killed in action at the

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in May 1915 during

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. * Hon. Elaine Letitia Algitha Orde-Powlett (1895–1984), who married Rt. Rev.

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, son of Maj.-Gen. William Henry Herbert, in 1922. *

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(1900–1963), who married Victoria Mary Villiers, daughter of Henry Montagu Villiers, in 1928. 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,

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