William Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton

Orde-Powlett was born on 21 August 1869. He was the eldest son of William Orde-Powlett, 4th Baron Bolton of Bolton Castle (son of William Orde-Powlett, 3rd Baron Bolton)[1] and Lady Algitha Frederica Mary Lumley (the daughter of Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough).[2]

He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Hussars, but resigned the commission in April 1902.[3] The following month he was on 28 May appointed major of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment).[4] He later served with the Yorkshire Regiment during the First World War and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. From 1910 to 1918 he was MP for Richmond.[5] From 1935 to 1944 he was Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire[6]

On 6 June 1893, he married Hon. Elizabeth Mary Gibson (1871, d. 9 December 1943) at St George's, Hanover Square. She was a daughter of Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne and the former Frances Maria Adelaide Colles. Together, they were the parents of:[2]

• Hon. William Percy Orde-Powlett (1894–1915), who was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres in May 1915 during World War I.[2]
• Hon. Elaine Letitia Algitha Orde-Powlett (1895–1984), who married Rt. Rev. Percy Mark Herbert, son of Maj.-Gen. William Henry Herbert, in 1922.[2]
• Nigel Amyas Orde-Powlett, 6th Baron Bolton (1900–1963), who married Victoria Mary Villiers, daughter of Henry Montagu Villiers, in 1928.[2]

Lady Bolton died on 9 December 1943 and Lord Bolton died just over a year later on 11 December 1944 at age 75. He was succeeded in the barony by his surviving son, Nigel.[2]

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Orde-Powlett
• Orde-Powlett, William George Algar, (1869-1944), 5th Baron Bolton