Lord Nassau Powlett

Lord Nassau Powlett (23 June 1698 – 24 August 1741) was an English army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1720 to 1734 and in 1741.

Early life Powlett was the only son of Charles Powlett, 2nd Duke of Bolton by his third wife Henrietta Crofts. His father served, among other roles, as Lord Chamberlain of the Household to King George I. There were no children from his father's first marriage to Hon. Margaret Coventry (daughter of the 3rd Baron Coventry), but from his second marriage to Frances Ramsden (a daughter of William Ramsden), his elder half-siblings included Lady Frances Powlett (wife of John Mordaunt, Viscount Mordaunt), Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton, and Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton.

Career He joined the army and was a cornet in the 12th Dragoons in 1715, captain in the 6th Dragoon Guards in 1718 and in the Royal Horse Guards in 1721. Powlett served as mayor of Lymington in 1723 and 1730.

Personal life In December 1731, he married Lady Isabella Tufton (d. 1764), the daughter and coheiress of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet and Lady Catharine Cavendish (daughter of the 2nd Duke of Newcastle). Together, they were the parents of one child, a daughter:

Isabella Paulet (d. 1821), who married John Perceval, 3rd Earl of Egmont in 1765.