Henrietta Paulet, Duchess of Bolton
The Duchess of Bolton | |
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Henrietta, Duchess of Bolton, as published by John Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt. Mezzotint, (c. 1700) | |
| Born | Henrietta Crofts c. 1682 |
| Died | 27 February 1730 (aged 47–48) |
| Resting place | Basing House |
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| Children | Lord Nassau Powlett |
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| Relatives | Charles II of England (grandfather) Jane Myddelton (aunt) |
Henrietta Paulet, Duchess of Bolton (née Crofts; c. 1682 – 27 February 1730), was the third wife of Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton. She was the elder daughter of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth by one of his mistresses, and she was also a niece of the famed beauty Jane Myddelton. Henrietta served as a Lady of the Bedchamber to Caroline of Ansbach in the 1710s. She was one of several aristocratic female signatories who petitioned the king for the creation of a Foundling Hospital in the late 1720s, but she did not live long enough to see its creation. She spend part of her life in Dublin, and the city's Henrietta Street is reputedly named after her.