William Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton


William George Algar Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton JP DL was a British peer and Conservative Party politician.
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. The following month he was on 28 May appointed major of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Princess of Wales's Own. 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. From 1935 to 1944 he was Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire