Sir Robert Bolton
(1763-1836), Lieutenant-GeneralSitter in 2 portraits
Sir Robert Bolton ('A view from the Horse Guards')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 16 July 1817
NPG D13359
Sir Robert Bolton ('A view from the Horse Guards')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 16 July 1817
NPG D13490
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David H Radcliffe
08 July 2018, 01:40
Information from the Gentleman's Magazine obit:
Of Swerford Park, Oxfordshire; after service in the West Indies he was aide-de-camp to George III and equerry to George IV, knighted in 1817.
The engraving seems to have been occasioned by the knighthood, which was likely occasioned by being made equerry, though no date for that. The dress rather suggests "Prince Regent," doesn't it?
The entry for his burial (ancestry.com) says he died aged "70" which would imply a birth date of 1766.