William Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton

William George Algar Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton (21 August 1869 – 11 December 1944) was a British peer and Conservative Party politician.

He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.^[1] He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Hussars, but resigned the commission in April 1902.^[2] The following month he was on 28 May appointed Major of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment).^[3] 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.^[4] From 1935 to 1944 he was Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire^[5]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Francis Dyke Acland	Member of Parliament for Richmond 1910–1918	Succeeded by Murrough John Wilson
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by William Thomas Orde-Powlett	Baron Bolton 1922–1944	Succeeded by Nigel Amyas Orde-Powlett
Honorary titles
Preceded by Geoffrey William Algernon Howard	Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire 1935–1944	Succeeded by Murrough John Wilson

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