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 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 te ...

(born 1952), Canadian soccer player *

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 ...

(born 1955), British Army officer *

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 servin ...

(1882–1969), Cornish landowner and politician * Harold Bolitho (1939–2010), Australian academic and expert on Japan at Harvard University *

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 A ...

(1897–1974), New Zealand author and novelist *

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 t ...

(1930–2005), bard of the Cornish Gorsedd *

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, a ...

(1835–1915), Liberal Unionist MP for St Ives, 1887 to 1900 *

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) ...

(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 is also a fictional surname: * Richard Bolitho and Adam Bolitho,

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

officers created by British author Alexander Kent

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{{surname, Bolitho Cornish-language surnames