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, who had previously served as Chief Secretary for Ireland. Born Thomas Orde, he was the husband of Jean Mary Browne-Powlett, illegitimate daughter of Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton, who had entailed the greater part of his extensive estates to her in default of male issue of his younger brother Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton.

John Orde, younger brother of the first Baron Bolton, was an Admiral in the Royal Navy and was created a baronet, of Morpeth in the County of Northumberland, in 1790.

The sixth Duke died without male heirs in 1794 when the dukedom became extinct and the Bolton estates passed to Thomas Orde in right of his wife. In 1795 he assumed the additional surname of Powlett. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He briefly represented Yarmouth in the House of Commons. On his death the title passed to his nephew, the third Baron. His grandson, the fifth Baron, sat as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Richmond and served as Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire.

The eighth Baron was an amateur jockey and pilot, who led aid convoys providing humanitarian relief to Bosnian Muslims during the Bosnian War. He later became custodian of Bolton Castle, successfully raising funds for its restoration.

In 2023, the title is held by the latter's son, Thomas Peter Algar [Orde-Powlett], 9th Baron Bolton, who succeeded his father in June 2023.

Barons Bolton (1797)

 * Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton (1746–1807)
 * William Orde-Powlett, 2nd Baron Bolton (1782–1850)
 * William Henry Orde-Powlett, 3rd Baron Bolton (1818–1895)
 * William Thomas Orde-Powlett, 4th Baron Bolton (1845–1922)
 * William George Algar Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton (1869–1944)
 * Nigel Amyas Orde-Powlett, 6th Baron Bolton (1900–1963)
 * Richard William Algar Orde-Powlett, 7th Baron Bolton (1929–2001)
 * Harry Algar Nigel Orde-Powlett, 8th Baron Bolton (1954–2023)
 * Thomas Peter Algar Orde-Powlett MC, 9th Baron Bolton (b. 1979)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Hon. Hector Percy Algar Orde-Powlett (b. 2009).

Bolton lands
According to John Bateman's The Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland, 1883, the 3rd Lord Bolton (1818–1895) of the day, of Hackwood Park, Basingstoke, &tc, and the London clubs Carlton and Boodle's, had in the North Riding of Yorkshire 15413 acres returning £ per year and in Hampshire 13808 acres, returning £ (converted from guineas).

The sixth Baron, still as today of Bolton Hall, died in 1963 with free-to-distribute assets probated at GB£71979 1963 and about $1/20$ of that amount the next year in a settled land valuation, co-administered by Sir Henry Lawson-Tancred.