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 2IO BOLSOVER Baron Bolsover, of Bolsover Castle afsd., to the heirs male of the body of the said Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck decd.(^) She d. 7 Aug. 1893, at 13 Grosvenor Place, aged 58, and was bur. at Bolsover. II. 1893. 2. William John Arthur Charles James (Caven- dish-Bentinck.), Duke of Portland [17 16], Marquess OF TiTCHFIELD [1716], EaRL OF PORTLAND [1689], ViSCOUNT WoODSTOCK [1689], Baron Cirencester [1689], and Baron Bolsover [1880], to which last Barony he sue. on the death of his step-mother, 7 Aug. 1893, above- named, under the spec. rem. in the creation of that dignity, having sue. to the other titles 6 Dec. 1879. See "Portland" Dukedom, cr. 1716, under the 6th Duke. BOLTON DUKEDOM. I. Charles PowletTjC) s. and h. of John, 5th, ,n Marquess OF Winchester (the" Lojy<7/Mary«f«"), by his °' 1st wife, Jane, da. of Thomas (Savage), Viscount Savage, was b. about 1630; M.P. for Winchester, 1660, and for Hants, 1661-75; Lord Lieut, of Hants and Warden of the New Forest, 1668-76, and 1689 till his death; Keeper of the King's Lodge at Petersham, 1671. On 5 Mar. 1674/5, he jwc his father. P.C. 22 Apr. 1679; said to have been Col. of a Reg. of Foot 1689-98. On 20 Apr. 1692 he and his son Charles were among those excepted from pardon in the declaration of James II. Being a Whig, and having taken an active part in setting William and Mary on the throne, he was continued as P.C, and made a Commissioner of Claims at their coronation, in 1689. On 9 Apr. 1689, he was fr. DUKE OF BOLTON. He »?., istly, 28 Feb. 1651/2 (marr. settl. 4 Mar.), Christian, ist da. of John (Frescheville), Baron Frescheville of Staveley, by Sarah, da. of Sir John Harrington. She, who was b. 13 Dec. 1633, d.^ as " Lady St. John," 22 May 1653, in childbed, and was bur. (with her infant) at Staveley, co. Derby. He »?., 2ndly, 12 Feb. 1654/5, (^) The cause of the creation was that her husband, had he lived 2 years longer, would have become Duke of Portland, a dignity inherited, 6 Dec. 1879, by his s. and h., by hh 1st wife, the present (191 1) Duke. The children by Baroness Bolsover obtained, by Royal warrant 1 880, the precedence of children of a Duke. The extra- ordinary limitation of this Peerage (in which the right of succession by the issue of the grantee is postponed to that of a stranger in blood) can only be accounted for by the then Premier (Disraeli) being naturally unwilling to augment the number of the House of Lords (which any creation, that did not of necessity merge in the Dukedom of Portland, might have done), and being preter-naturally opposed to any " Life Peerage," even when, as in this case, (for which there would have been abundance of precedent) granted to a woman. As to the precedence granted in this case, see also note sub Catherine, Countess OF Chesterfield [1660]. Q') He, as Lord St. John, was a Cavalier prisoner in 1655. See note sub John, Baron Lucas of Shenfield [1645].