Background
Paulet succeeded his father as the sixth Marquess of Winchester in 1675.
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Charles Paulet
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Career
He was Member of Parliament for Winchester in 1660 and then for Hampshire from 1661 to 5 March 1675. Before his succession to the Marquessate he was styled Lord Street John. He held the following offices: Freeman, Winchester June 1660, Hartlepool 1670 Justice of the Peace Hampshire July 1660-?daughter, Yorkshire (North Riding) 1664-?85, Surrey, Middlesex and Westminster 1671-?80, (East Riding) by 1680-1685 Commissioner for assessment, Hampshire August 1660-1675, North. Riding 1663-1675, Wet and East Ridings and county Durham 1673-1675 Commissioner for loyal and indigent officers, Hampshire 1662 Lord Lieutenant Hampshire 1667-1676, 1689-1699.
Warden of the New Forest 1668-1676, 1689-1699 High Steward, Winchester 1669-1684 Custos rotulorum Hampshire 1670-1676, 1689-1699 Keeper of King’s Lodge, Petersham 1671-?76 Commissioner for recusants, Hampshire 1675 Colonel of militia horse and foot by 1697-1699 Privy Councillor 22 April 1679-1699 Colonel of foot 1689-1698 Having supported the claim of William and Mary to the English throne in 1688, he was restored to the Privy Council and to the office of Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, and was created Duke of Bolton on 9 April 1689.
He built Bolton Hall, North Yorkshire in 1678. An eccentric man, hostile to Lord Halifax and afterwards to the Duke of Marlborough, he is said to have travelled during 1687 with four coaches and 100 horsemen, sleeping during the day and giving entertainments at night.
First marriage Second marriage Charles Paulet died suddenly at Amport on 27 February 1699, aged 68, and was buried 23 March at Basing Hampshire.
Membership
Cavalier Parliament.
