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3 unusual facts about Charles Powlett


Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton

Lady Anne died in 1751 and the Duke married Lavinia Fenton on 20 October 1751 at Aachen.

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The third Duke of Bolton died in 1754, aged 68, at Royal Tunbridge Wells and was buried at Basing.

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She had already born him three illegitimate sons: Charles, Percy, and Horatio Armand Powlett.


Anne Vaughan, Countess of Carbery

She married John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery and in 1698 had their only surviving child, a daughter, Lady Anne Vaughan, who became the wife of Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton.

Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland

Bolton Castle is currently owned by the Lord Bolton, a descendant in the female line (through yet another illegitimate daughter) of the 5th Duke of Bolton.


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