Paternal Family Tree: Orde aka Orde-Powlett
Before 1740 [his father] John Orde [aged 37] and Mary Ward were married.
Before 30th August 1740 [his father] John Orde [aged 38] and [his mother] Anne Marr [aged 21] were married.
On 30th August 1740 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton was born to John Orde [aged 38] and Anne Marr [aged 21].
Around 1750 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton [aged 9] educated at Eton College [Map].
In 1773 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton [aged 32] graduated Master of Arts: Cambridge University at King's College, Cambridge University [Map].
1773 Pompeo Batoni [aged 64]. Portrait of Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton [aged 32].
On 7th April 1778 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton [aged 37] and Jean Mary Browne Powlett Baroness Bolton [aged 27] were married. She the daughter of Charles Powlett 5th Duke Bolton.
In 1780 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton [aged 39] was elected MP Aylesbury.
In 1782 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton [aged 41] was appointed Secretary to the Treasury.
On 31st October 1782 [his son] William Orde-Powlett 2nd Baron Bolton was born to Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton [aged 42] and [his wife] Jean Mary Browne Powlett Baroness Bolton [aged 31]. He married 8th May 1810 Maria Carleton Baroness Bolton, daughter of Guy Carleton 1st Baron Dorchester and Maria Howard Baroness Dorchester.
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In 1784 [his father] John Orde [aged 82] died.
In 1784 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton [aged 43] was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland.
In 1784 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton [aged 43] was elected MP Harwich.
In 1785 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton [aged 44] was appointed Privy Council.
In 1787 [his son] Thomas Powlett Orde-Powlett was born to Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton [aged 46] and [his wife] Jean Mary Browne Powlett Baroness Bolton [aged 36]. He married before 24th February 1818 Letitia O'Brien and had issue.
In 1788 [his mother] Anne Marr [aged 69] died.
In 1791 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton [aged 50] was appointed Governor of the Isle of Wight.
On 25th December 1794 Harry Powlett 6th Duke Bolton [aged 74] died without male issue. Duke Bolton extinct. His third cousin once removed George [aged 72] succeeded 12th Marquess Winchester, 12th Earl Wiltshire, 12th Baron St John. Martha Ingoldsby Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester. Most of his estates including Bolton Castle [Map] were inherited by his elder brother's illegitimate daughter [his wife] Jean Mary [aged 43] whose husband Thomas Orde [aged 54] added the surname Powlett to his own.
On 20th October 1797 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton [aged 57] was created 1st Baron Bolton of Bolton in Yorkshire. [his wife] Jean Mary Browne Powlett Baroness Bolton [aged 46] by marriage Baroness Bolton of Bolton in Yorkshire.
In 1800 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton [aged 59] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire.
On 30th July 1807 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton [aged 66] died. His son William [aged 24] succeeded 2nd Baron Bolton of Bolton in Yorkshire.
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In 1814 [his former wife] Jean Mary Browne Powlett Baroness Bolton [aged 63] died.