Henrietta Paulet, Duchess of Bolton

Henrietta Paulet, Duchess of Bolton, 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 the niece of 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 King George II for the creation of a Foundling Hospital in the 1720s and 1730s, 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.

Born

1680, 1682, 1682, 1672

Died

1730, February 27, 1730, February 27, 1729