bert Edward Bolton came from Yeadon, England aboard the Carmania in 1910
12) Eleanor Bolton came to Halifax, England aboard the Orduna in 1916
Some of the earliest settlers in Canada bearing this name include:
1) Richard Bolton came in 1796 or 1797
2) Sarah Bolton, age 25, came in 1838
3) Mr. Bolton and his son came to Quebec in 1814
4) John Bolton came to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1815
5) Alexander Bolton came in 1817
6) Henry Bolton came in 1817
7) Oliver Bolton came in 1817
8) James Bolton came in 1824
Some of the earliest settlers in Australia bearing this name include:
1) William Bolton came from Staffordshire, England to New South Wales aboard the Asia in 1822
2) William Bolton came from Sussex, England to New South Wales aboard the Asia in 1824
3) Daniel Bolton, age 30, came to South Australia aboard the Emily in 1849
4) William Bolton, age 36 came to South Australia aboard the Sultana in 1850
5) Mary Bolton came to Adelaide aboard the Amity Hall in 1850
6) Thomas Bolton, age 27, came to Victoria in 1854
7) John Bolton, age 42, came to Melbourne in 1855
8) Ralph Bolton, age 33, came to Victoria in 1862
Some of the earliest settlers in New Zealand bearing this name include:
1) Edward Bolton came to Wellington in 1839
2) James Bolton, age 23, came to Wellington aboard the Martha Ridgeway in 1840
3) Frederick William Bolton, along with his wife Elizabeth, and daughter Jane, came to Port Nicholson aboard the Lady Nugent in 1841
4) Frederick Bolton, age 24, came to Nelson aboard the Lady Nugent in 1849
5) Thomas E. Bolton, a shoemaker by trade, came from Oxfordshire, England to Canterbury aboard the Mermaid in 1864
6) George Bolton, a fitter by trade, came from Cambridgeshire, England to Canterubry aboard the Ballochmyle in 1874
Grantees of Arms
1) John Bolton of Bolton Hill, county Pembroke, 5 July 1555, by Sir. G. Dethick
2) Thomas Bolton of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, Esq., descended from Bolton of Bolton, county Lancashire, quarterly, 26 August 1615, by Camden
3) William Bolton, Prior St. Bartholomew, West Smithfield, juxta London, 22 May 1529, by Benolte
4) Bolton, of Coddeham and Hollesley, county Suffolk, 180(?)
5) Captain Bolton, son of Colonel C.B., of Sligo, 1840s
6) Henry Hargreaves Bolton, Justice of the Peace, of Newchurch-in-Rossendale, county Lancaster, 18(??)
7) Mary Katherine (Lady Thurlow), eldest daughter of Sir Richard Bolton of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, county Middlesex, 181(?)
There are hundreds of notable people with the Bolton surname. This page will mention a handful. Famous people with this last name include:
1) Elmer Keiser Bolton (1886-1968) who was an American researcher and chemist, director for DuPont, known for his role in developing neoprene, born in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2) John Bolton was a businessman from New Brunswick (born in England IN 1824) who was a member of the 1st Canadian Parliament0
3) Sir John Bolton (1901-1980) is a Manx (Isle of Man) politician who played a prominent role in Tynwald.
4) George Washington Bolton (1841-1931) who was an American banker, merchant, and politican who served as the Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1892-1896, born in DeKalb County, Georgia
5) Mary Catherine Bolton (1790-1830) was a notable English actress, best remember for playing Ophelia in Hamlet, and she married Edward Hovell-Thurlow, 2nd Baron Thurlow, in 1813.
6) Michael Bolton (1953), whose real last name is Bolotin, is an American singer songwriter born in New Haven, Connecticut known for his pop rock ballads
7) Captain Sir William Bolton (1777-1830) who was a post-captain of the Royal Navy who served under Admiral Nelson during the French Revolutionary Wars, and he served in the Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812
8) Henry David Bolton (1963) is a British politician, who served as Leader of the UK Independence from 2017-2018, born in Nairobi, Kenya, served in the Royal Hussars from 1979-1990
9) Clint Brian Bolton (1975) was an Australian soccer (football) goalkeeper who played from 1993 to 2013 for seven different teams including the Brisbane Striker