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He was son to Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton and Mary Scrope , daughter of Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland .

He was lord-lieutenant of Hampshire and of Dorset, a commissioner to arrange the union of England and Scotland; and was twice a lord justice of the kingdom. He was also lord chamberlain of the royal household; governor of the Isle of Wight; and for two short periods was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

According to Jonathan Swift this Duke was a "great booby."

1 Marriages and Children

Charles married three times:

• First on February 8, 1682/ 1683 to Frances Ramsden (baptised June 14June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. Events 1381 King Richard II of England meets the leaders of Peasants Revolt. 1645 English Civil War: Battle of Naseby 12,000 Royalist forces are, 1661 - November 22November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 39 days remaining. Events 1718 Off the coast of Virginia, English pirate Edward Teach (best known as " Blackbeard") is killed in battle when a British boar, 1696The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long.), daughter of William Ramsden and Elizabeth Palmes. They had four children:
  • Frances Paulet. She was married in 1708Events March 23 James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth Kandahar conquered by Mir Wais In Masuria one third of the population die during the plague September 28: Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya J. Bach appointed to John Mordaunt (d. April 5April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). There are 270 days remaining. Events 1242 During a battle on the ice of Chudskoye Lake, Russian forces rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights. 1614 In Virginia, 1710Events Enactment of the world's first copyright legislation, Britain's Act for the Encourage of Learning (short title) Ongoing events Great Northern War ( 1700- 1721) War of the Spanish Succession ( 1702- 1713) Births January 4 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi) , son of Henry Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and Carey Fraser.
  • Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton ( September 3September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). There are 119 days remaining. Events 301 San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, was founded by Saint Marinus. 590 St. Gregory, 1685Events February 6 James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. February 18 Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas. June 20 - August 26, 1754).
  • Harry Paulet, 4th Duke of Bolton ( July 24, 1691 - October 9, 1759). He married Catherine Parry (d. April 25, 1744). The marriage resulted in the birth of Charles Paulet, 5th Duke of Bolton , Harry Paulet, 6th Duke of Bolton and daughters Catherine Paulett and Henrietta Paulett.
  • Mary Paulet.
• Secondly on July 10, 1689 to Margaret Coventry ( September 14, 1657 - February 7, 1681/ 1682), daughter to George Coventry, 3rd Baron Coventry and Margaret Tufton. Margaret was daughter to John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet and Margaret Sackville, daughter of Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset and Anne Clifford, 14th Baroness de Clifford . The Baroness was daughter of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland and Lady Margaret Russell , daughter of Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford and Margaret St. John. No children resulted from this marriage.
• He was married arround 1697 to Henrietta Crofts (d. February 27, 1729/ 1730), a natural daughter of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth and Eleanor Needham . They had a son:
  • Lord Nassau Paulet (d. 1741). He married Isabella Tufton, daughter of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet and Lady Catherine Cavendish.