Robert Henry Dundas BoltonOBE (13 January 1893 – 30 October 1964) was an English first-class cricketer, soldier, police officer and Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Constabulary.
bertie, bolton, robert, henry, dundas, bolton, january, 1893, october, 1964, english, first, class, cricketer, soldier, police, officer, chief, constable, northamptonshire, constabulary, personal, informationfull, namerobert, henry, dundas, boltonborn, 1893, j. Robert Henry Dundas Bolton OBE 13 January 1893 30 October 1964 was an English first class cricketer soldier police officer and Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Constabulary Bertie BoltonPersonal informationFull nameRobert Henry Dundas BoltonBorn 1893 01 13 13 January 1893Mysore Kingdom of Mysore British RajDied30 October 1964 1964 10 30 aged 71 St Pancras London EnglandBattingRight handedDomestic team informationYearsTeam1910 1912Dorset1913 1922HampshireCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 7Runs scored 121Batting average 10 08100s 50s Top score 24Catches stumpings 2 Source Cricinfo 1 January 2010The son of Edward Crawford Bolton 1 he was born in British India at Mysore in January 1893 He was educated at Rossall School where he played for the school cricket team 2 Bolton played minor counties cricket for Dorset from 1910 to 1912 making sixteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship 3 In 1913 he made two appearances in first class cricket for Hampshire against Cambridge University and Warwickshire the latter in the County Championship 4 Four months into the First World War he was commissioned into the British Indian Army Reserve as a second lieutenant in November 1914 5 He served in the East African campaign with the 101st Grenadiers from 27 November 1914 to 3 September 1916 6 and was promoted to lieutenant in November 1915 7 The regiment was transferred to Palestine and here he saw service from 4 September 1916 to 31 October 1918 He was transferred to the 2nd battalion 101st Grenadiers on its formation at Suez on 3 February 1917 6 On 4 June 1917 he was appointed to the Indian Army as a lieutenant with seniority from 13 August 1916 8 Following the war he was made acting captain between 6 February and 8 December 1919 9 before being promoted to captain in August 1919 10 He saw service in Waziristan between 1919 and 1921 6 Following his service in Waziristan he returned to England in the summer of 1921 He resumed playing first class cricket for Hampshire making two appearances in the 1921 County Championship against Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire The following season he made a further three first class appearances in the County Championship 4 For Hampshire he made seven first class appearances In these he scored 121 runs at an average of 10 08 with a highest score of 24 11 On 18 November 1921 he transferred to the Duke of Wellington s Regiment of the British Army 6 He retired from military service in November 1933 retaining the rank of captain 12 Bolton then proceeded to join the Metropolitan Police and in 1941 he became Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Constabulary 13 He would hold this post until 1960 6 He was made an OBE in the 1952 New Year Honours 14 During his time with Northamptonshire Constabulary he also acted as a team selector for Northamptonshire 2 Bolton died in St Pancras in October 1964 2 References Edit Burke s Genealogical and Heraldic History Burke s Peerage 1963 p 442 a b c Wisden Obituaries in 1964 ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 28 July 2023 Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Bertie Bolton CricketArchive Retrieved 28 July 2023 a b First Class Matches played by Bertie Bolton CricketArchive Retrieved 28 July 2023 No 29021 The London Gazette 29 December 1914 p 11151 a b c d e Cowley Richard 1986 Policing Northamptonshire 1836 1986 Brewin p 95 ISBN 9780947731212 No 30199 The London Gazette 24 July 1917 p 7489 No 30343 The London Gazette 19 October 1917 p 10766 No 31830 The London Gazette 19 March 1920 p 3441 No 31751 The London Gazette 23 January 1920 p 986 First Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bertie Bolton CricketArchive Retrieved 28 July 2023 No 34000 The London Gazette 1 December 1933 p 7768 Northants new police chief Banbury Advertiser 16 July 1941 p 5 Retrieved 28 July 2023 via British Newspaper Archive No 39433 The London Gazette Supplement 1 January 1952 p 138 External links EditBertie Bolton at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bertie Bolton amp oldid 1167870897, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,