Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-HBoase, Frederic
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Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H
Boase, Frederic
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BOLLAERT, WILLIAM. _b._ 1807; chemical assistant at Royal
Institution, London; assayer and chemist in survey of silver mines
in Peru; made a survey of province of Tarapaca 1827; one of the
first white men who crossed the desert of Atacama; served as a
volunteer under Sir J. M. Doyle in Portugese war 1832–33; created
a knight of Order of the Tower and Sword of Portugal; explored
Texas, New Granada, Ecuador, Peru and Chili; author of
_Antiquarian and other researches in New Granada_ 1860; _Wars of
succession of Portugal and Spain 2 vols._ 1870. _d._ 15 Nov. 1876
in 69 year. _Journal of Royal Geog. Soc. xlvii_, 148–50 (1877).
BOLLAND, WILLIAM PROCTOR (_2 son of Sir Wm. Bolland 1772–1840, Baron
of Court of Exchequer_). Educ. at Eton; barrister I.T. 6 May 1842;
the original of Fred. Bayham in Thackeray’s _The Newcomes_, and of
Wm. Bowker in Yates’s _Land at last_. _d._ Clifton 10 June 1863
aged 47.
BOLOGNA, SIR NICHOLA, Count Delle Catene (_son of Baron Paolo
Sceberras_). C.M.G. 1833, K.C.M.G. 4 Dec. 1868. _d._ Valetta,
Malta 1875.
BOLTON, DANIEL. Second lieut. R.E. 14 Dec. 1811, colonel 13 Dec.
1854 to 20 June 1859; M.G. 20 June 1859. _d._ Capetown, Cape of
Good Hope 16 May 1860 aged 66.
BOLTON, GEORGE (_son of Mr. Bolton of Piccadilly, London, tailor_).
_b._ 9 May 1824; Manager of Olympic theatre 1846–47, of Marylebone
and Queen’s theatres, and of Drury Lane theatre 1852; brought out
about 1846 a comic weekly paper called _Nonsuch a farrago of
something, nothing, everything and many things besides_; author of
_Nothing, in rhyme and prose_ 1845; _All about love and jealousy,
an original comedy in 5 acts produced at Olympic theatre 13 April
1846_. _d._ 13 Philadelphia terrace, Mount gardens, Lambeth 25 May
1868.
BOLTON, REV. JAMES JAY (_5 son of Rev. Robert Bolton of Henley on
Thames, dissenting minister_). _b._ Southdown college near
Weymouth 11 Feb. 1824; went to the United States 1836; ed. at
College Point New York and C. C. coll. Cam., scholar, B.A. 1848;
C. of Saffron Walden, Essex 1849–51; C. of St. Michael’s, Chester
sq. Pimlico, London 1851–52; Minister of St. Paul’s chapel,
Kilburn 1852 to death; chaplain to Earl Ducie 1852; has never been
surpassed as a childrens’ preacher; author of _Fragments of the
great diamond set for young people, being a variety of addresses
for children_ 1856, _3 ed._ 1861; _Life lessons, scripture truths
for the young_ 1862. _d._ Kilburn parsonage 8 April 1863.
_Selected sermons of Rev. James Bolton_ 1863, _portrait_.
BOLTON, JASPER. _b._ Ballykisteen, co. Tipperary; land agent to Earl
of Derby’s estates in Ireland 1862 to death. _d._ Limerick 19 Nov.
1871 aged 30. _Quickly ripened or recollections of the late Jasper
Bolton_ (1872), _portrait_.
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