Daniel Bolton

Daniel Bolton
Born(1793-04-00)April 1793
Norwich, Norfolk, England[1]
Died16 May 1860(1860-05-16) (aged 67)
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope[2]
Buried
St George's cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa[3]
Allegiance United Kingdom
BranchBoard of Ordnance
British Army
Years of service1811–1860
RankMajor General
Service number459[2]
UnitCorps of Royal Engineers
CommandsCRE, Harwich, 1846–47[4][5]
CRE, New Zealand, 1847–53[6]
CRE, Cape of Good Hope, 1855–60[7]
Campaigns
MemorialsMajor's Hill Park, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[9]
Peninsula and Waterloo Campaigns 1808–15 Memorial, Rochester Cathedral, Rochester, Kent[10]
Spouse(s)
Ann Lawrence Hawkes (widow)
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(m. 1825⁠–⁠1854)​
ChildrenJohn Lawrence Bolton[11][12]
Augusta Bolton
Other workMember of the Executive Council, Province of New Ulster, New Zealand, 1851–[13]
Magistrate for the Islands of New Zealand, 1853[14]

Major General Daniel Bolton (1793 – 1860) was an English military engineer of the Corps of Royal Engineers,[2] who served in the Peninsular War (1813–1814), Netherlands Campaign (1814–1815), army of occupation in France (1815–1818), in Canada (1823–1843), particularly as superintending engineer in the construction of the Rideau Canal (1832–1843)[15] and as Commanding Royal Engineer at Harwich (1846–1847), New Zealand (1847–1853) and Cape of Good Hope (1855–1860).

He also collected fossil, plant, insect and seashell specimens, particularly for the scientific collections under Sir William Jackson Hooker and Joseph Dalton Hooker at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, William Henry Harvey at the Herbarium, Trinity College Dublin, and Francis Walker at the British Museum.

  1. ^ England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975, database, Familysearch, 19 March 2020
  2. ^ a b c Connolly, Thomas William John (1898). Richard Fielding Edwards (ed.). Roll of Officers of the Corps of Royal Engineers from 1660 to 1898. Chatham: The Royal Engineers Institute. p. 20.
  3. ^ "Obituary". Grahamstown Journal. 22 May 1860.
  4. ^ Hart, Henry George (1846). The New Annual Army List for 1846. Vol. 7. London: John Murray. p. 273.
  5. ^ Hart, Henry George (1847). The New Annual Army List for 1847. Vol. 8. London: John Murray. p. 273.
  6. ^ Hart, Henry George (1848). The New Annual Army List for 1848. Vol. 9. London: John Murray. p. 275.
  7. ^ Hart, Henry George (1858). The New Annual Army List, and Militia List, for 1858. Vol. 19. London: John Murray. p. 349.
  8. ^ George, Jones (1852). The Battle of Waterloo, with Those of Ligny and Quatre Bras, Described by Eye-witnesses and by the Series of Official Accounts Published by Authority; to Which are Added, Memoirs of F.M. The Duke of Wellington, F.M. Prince Blücher, The Emperor Napoleon, etc. etc. London: L. Booth. p. 438.
  9. ^ "Major's Hill Park". Canadian Military Memorials Database. Veterans Affairs Canada. 20 February 2019.
  10. ^ Bromley, Janet; Bromley, David (19 April 2012). Wellington's Men Remembered: A Register of Memorials to Soldiers who Fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo. Vol. 1. Pen and Sword. p. 1863. ISBN 9781781594124.
  11. ^ WO 76/366: WO 76. Royal Artillery: Vol 7. Statement of the Services of 2nd Lt John L. Bolton of the Royal Artillery with a Record of such other Particulars as may be useful in case of his Death, The National Archives, Kew, 1842–1893, p. 192
  12. ^ Fenton, Roger, Captain John Lawrence Bolton 1855 – via Royal Collection Trust
  13. ^ "Government Gazette". The New-Zealander. Vol. 7, no. 511. 2 July 1851. p. 4.
  14. ^ "New Commission of the Peace". The New-Zealander (Supplement). Vol. 9, no. 728. 6 April 1853. p. 1.
  15. ^ Kunst, Harry (July 2010). Science Culture in English-speaking Montreal, 1815–1842 (PDF) (PhD). Concordia University, Montreal. p. 273.