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Bolitho (surname)
Bolitho is a surname of Cornish origin, derived from Bolitho in west Cornwall.Bolitho, T. G. G. (1928) ''The Origin of the Name Bolitho''. Paris: Herbert Clarke Notable people with the surname include: *Bob Bolitho (born 1952), Canadian soccer player * Edward Bolitho (born 1955), British Army officer * Edward Hoblyn Warren Bolitho (1882–1969), Cornish landowner and politician * Harold Bolitho (1939–2010), Australian academic and expert on Japan at Harvard University * Hector Bolitho (1897–1974), New Zealand author and novelist * John Bolitho (1930–2005), bard of the Cornish Gorsedd *Thomas Bedford Bolitho (1835–1915), Liberal Unionist MP for St Ives, 1887 to 1900 *Thomas Robins Bolitho (1840–1925), English banker * William Bolitho (cricketer) (1862–1919), English cricketer, banker and British Army officer * William Bolitho Ryall (1891–1930), South African writer and biographer, who published under the name of William Bolitho * Bolitho family, Cornish family Bolitho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Bolitho
Robert "Bob" Bolitho (born July 20, 1952, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) is a former Canadian national team, North American Soccer League and Canadian Soccer League player. He is of Cornish descent. Club career Bolitho played as a teenager of Pacific Coast Soccer League side Victoria O'Keefe S.C. before joining the soccer team of the London Boxing Club in Victoria, for whom he won a Canadian Club Championship national title in 1975. The following summer Bolitho joined the Vancouver Whitecaps and remained with the club until 1980. He was a member of their Soccer Bowl winning team in 1979, playing at right back in the Soccer Bowl win over the Tampa Bay Rowdies. He went on loan to the Los Angeles Aztecs during the 1979–1980 NASL indoor season. In 1980, Bolitho began the season with the Whitecaps before being traded to the Tulsa Roughnecks with whom he played the rest of the 1980 outdoor as well as the 1980–1981 NASL indoor season. In 1981, he moved to the Fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Bolitho
Colonel Edward Thomas Bolitho, OBE (born 30 December 1955) is a former British Army officer, who serves as Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall since 2011. Early life Bolitho was born into a Cornish gentry family at Penzance, Cornwall, the elder son of Major Simon Edward Bolitho MC, High Sheriff of Cornwall (1956–57), and grandson of Sir Edward Bolitho, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (1936–62). After Eton, he went up to Pembroke College, Cambridge, but returned to Cornwall in 1998 after serving in the British Army. In 1979, Bolitho married Alexandra, younger daughter of Sir Morgan Morgan-Giles, and the couple have three children, twin daughters and a son; all are enthusiastic Cornish Pirates supporters. Military career Bolitho joined the Grenadier Guards in 1978, serving with the regiment for 20 years. He commanded the 1st Battalion between 1993 and 1995, being appointed OBE. Later life On returning to Cornwall, Bolitho took over the management of Bolitho Estates, a family-own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Hoblyn Warren Bolitho
Sir Edward Hoblyn Warren Bolitho (20 April 1882 – 18 December 1969) was a Cornish landowner and politician. He was Chairman of Cornwall County Council from 1941 to 1952 and Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall from 1936 to 1962, for some years serving in both roles simultaneously. Life The elder son of Captain Edward Alverne Bolitho, Royal Navy of Trewidden, and the grandson of Thomas Simon Bolitho of Trengwainton, Bolitho was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.‘BOLITHO, Lt-Col Sir Edward Hoblyn Warren’’, in ''Who Was Who'' (London: A. & C. Black, 1920–2008online edition(subscription site) by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 20 April 2012 Bolitho was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1900 and served in the Great War of 1914 to 1918, in which he was twice mentioned in despatches and twice wounded. He was honoured with the Distinguished Service Order in 1919 and later that year retired from the regular army later, but continued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Bolitho
Harold Bolitho (3 January 1939 – 23 October 2010) was an Australian academic, historian, author and professor emeritus in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. The name Bolitho is of Cornish origin. Career Bolitho received his B.A. from the University of Melbourne in 1961 and his M.A., M.Phil, and PhD degrees from Yale. In 1985, Bolitho was granted tenure as a Professor of Japanese History at Harvard.Georges, Christopher ''et al.' "Waiting for the White Smoke: A Peek at Harvard's Tenure Searches,"''Harvard Crimson.'' 1 December 1984. He was Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies from 1988 through 1991. Formerly, Bolitho was a member of the faculty of Monash University and he taught at the University of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Bolitho was a Visiting Professor at the Research Institute for Humanities at the University of Kyoto in 1989; and he has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Pennsy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hector Bolitho
Henry Hector Bolitho (28 May 1897 – 12 September 1974) was a New Zealand writer, novelist and biographer, who had 59 books published. Widely travelled, he spent most of his career in England. Biography Hector Bolitho was born and educated in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of Henry and Ethelred Frances Bolitho. He travelled in the South Sea Islands in 1919 and then through New Zealand with the Prince of Wales in 1920. Bolitho lived in Sydney from 1921 to 1923, where he became editor of the ''Shakespearean Quarterly'' and literary editor and drama critic of the '' Evening News'' in Sydney. He also travelled in Africa, Canada, America, and Germany in 1923-4, finally settling in Britain where he was to remain for the rest of his life. On his arrival in Britain he worked as a freelance journalist; in 1927 he also provided a glowing introduction to (former journalist of the ''Evening News'' and future crime writer) Max Murray's first book, a sea voyage called ''The World's Back Doo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bolitho
John Bolitho (1930–2005; kw, Jowan Bolitho) was born in Bude in Cornwall, and spent his working life in the Royal Navy, the theatre and television (including performances in the Black and White Minstrel Show, the Royal Variety Performance and the Billy Cotton Band Show), and business. He was the Grand Bard of the Gorseth Kernow between 2000 and 2003 with the bardic name of "Jowan an Cleth". During this time he visited many Cornish bards in Australia and was made patron of the Cornish Association of Victoria. He also helped create the official website for Gorseth Kernow. It is recorded that John Bolitho was the first man to speak Cornish at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. He also served as a |
Thomas Bedford Bolitho
Thomas Bedford Bolitho (5 January 1835 – 22 May 1915) was a British banker and industrialist. He was a Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for St Ives in Cornwall from 1887 to 1900. Early life Born in Penzance, Bolitho was the third son, and the only one to survive to adulthood, of Edward and Mary Bolitho (''née'' Stephens). He was educated at Harrow School. Politics and industry In 1882, Bolitho bought at auction, the Greenway and Galmpton estates, near Dartmouth for £42,500 plus approximately £3,000 for timber and fixtures. He also bought the tenements of Catchall, Kerris and Rospletha to add to the Hendra and Trevelloe estates he already owned. He was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1884. Following the elevation to the peerage of the St Ives MP, Sir John St Aubyn, Bolitho became MP at a by-election in 1887. He was re-elected in 1892 and 1895. He was unopposed on all three occasions. Bolitho was a director of Barclays Bank and Bolitho, Williams, Foster, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Robins Bolitho
Thomas Robins Bolitho (1840–1925) was an English banker and landowner, who served as High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1890. Early life and education Bolitho was born on 13 September 1840 in Penzance, the son of Thomas Simon Bolitho (1808–1877) and Elizabeth Robins. The Bolithos were an old Cornish family from Madron which found its fortune in trading and banking, by 1885, they were known as the "merchant princes" of Cornwall. He was educated at Harrow School and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Career He joined his family's banking company, Robins, Foster, Coode and Bolitho Co., in 1880, and was a director from 1887, and when that company was taken over by Barclays Bank in 1905, became a director of the latter. He was married to Augusta Jane Wilson on 30 June 1870, in Westminster. In 1877, he inherited Trengwainton, a country house near Penzance, from his father. He was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1890. Bolitho retired from Barclays in 1918 and died on 28 September 1925, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bolitho (cricketer)
William Edward Thomas Bolitho (2 July 1862 – 21 February 1919) was an English first-class cricketer, banker and British Army officer. The son of William Bolitho and his wife, Mary Hichens Yonge, he was born at Madron near Penzance in July 1862. He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to Trinity College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Lancashire at Oxford in 1883. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1885, making a total of eight appearances. In addition to playing for Oxford, he also appeared for the Gentlemen of England in 1885 ''against'' Oxford, during which he made his highest first-class score of 45 not out. For Oxford, he scored 242 runs at an average of 18.61 and a high score of 32. Bolitho later toured North America in September1885 with a team formed by the Devon amateur E. J. Sanders, making two first-class appearances on the tour against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia at Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bolitho Ryall
William Bolitho Ryall (1891–1930) was a South African journalist, writer and biographer who was a valued friend of prominent writers such as Ernest Hemingway, Noël Coward, Walter Lippmann and Walter Duranty. He wrote under the name ‘William Bolitho’ but was known to his friends as ‘Bill Ryall’. He died on 2 June 1930 at the age of 39 just as his reputation was being established. Life Ryall was born as Charles William Ryall in Droitwich, in January 1891. His father was a Baptist minister, born in South Africa and he was taken there as an infant. He changed his name to 'William Bolitho Ryall' which was his uncle's name who died in South Africa and who wrote the book ''Pensam: His Mysterious Tribulation'' published in 1883.Report on Bolitho's death - ''New York Times'', 4 June 1930. Available in the New York Times archives at https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9807E5DD1238E03ABC4C53DFB066838B629EDE# ''Accessed 10.11.2014''; Before enlisting in the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolitho, Cornwall
Bolitho ( , kw, Bosleythow) is a village in west Cornwall, and a Cornish surname. The Bolitho Family own large estates in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The name ''Bolitho'' comes from the Cornish language words ''bos'', meaning 'dwelling', and ''Leythow'', a personal name. There is also a place called Bolitho in the civil parish of Menheniot. Bolitho family The surname Bolitho derives from this place. Some of the Bolithos were ″merchant princes″, the Bolitho family's growth to prominence started with Thomas Bolitho (1765–1868). The family were initially tanners, who moved into lime-burning and tin smelting before becoming bankers. The Bolitho Bank eventually merged with Barclays in 1905, with William Bolitho becoming the director of Barclays. The arms of Bolitho are "Ermine on a plain chevron five bezants between two chevronels engrailed and three fleurs–de–lis Sable", with the motto "Re deu". The Paschal lamb in the borough arms of Penzance derives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bolitho Novels
The ''Bolitho'' novels are a series of nautical war novels written by British author Douglas Reeman (using the pseudonym Alexander Kent). They focus on the military careers of the fictional Richard Bolitho and Adam Bolitho in the Royal Navy, from the time of the American Revolution past the Napoleonic Era. Richard Bolitho Richard Bolitho is a fictional Royal Navy officer who is the main character in Reeman's novels. Bolitho was born in 1756 in Falmouth, Cornwall, in Great Britain, the second son of a prestigious naval family. He joined the navy in 1768 and served in the wars against France and the United States. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1774, captain in 1782, and admiral in 1812. He died in action against the French in 1815. He played a significant role in driving the Americans back to Brooklyn Heights in 1776, helping to secure a decisive British victory in the largest battle of the entire American Revolution. The name Bolitho is a common Cornish surname, but Reeman sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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