Thomas Henry Bolton

Thomas Henry Bolton (February 1841 – 24 September 1916) was an English solicitor and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1895.

Bolton was born at Clerkenwell,^[1] the son of Thomas Bolton. He was admitted a solicitor 1869 and became a partner in the firm of Bolton & Mote, of Gray's Inn, London.^[2]

Bolton was elected at the 1885 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for St Pancras North, but lost the seat in the 1886 general election.^[3] He regained the seat in a by election in 1890 after his successor succeeded to the peerage, and was re-elected in 1892, but did not stand again at the 1895 general election.^[3]

Bolton lived at South Binns, Heathfield, Sussex, and died at the age of 75.

Bolton married Elizabeth Ann Wegg in 1861.

References

^ British Census 1881 RG11 0212/50 p16
^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
^ ^a ^b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Bolton

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency See Marylebone constituency	Member of Parliament for St Pancras North 1885 – 1886	Succeeded by Charles Cochrane-Baillie
Preceded by Charles Cochrane-Baillie	Member of Parliament for St Pancras North 1890 – 1895	Succeeded by Edward Robert Pacy Moon

[1] British Census 1881 RG11 0212/50 p16

[2] Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886

[craig1885-1918-3] Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

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