Robert Bolton (clergyman, Born 1572)
Robert Bolton (1572 – 16 December 1631) was an English clergyman and academic, noted as a preacher. Life He was born on Whit Sunday in Blackburn, Lancashire, the sixth son of Adam Bolton of Backhouse, Lancashire, Backhouse. He attended what is now Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, where his father was a founding governor, and was described as 'the best scholler in the schoole'. At age 18, he was admitted in 1592 to Lincoln College, Oxford, where John Randall (preacher), John Randall was. He was a gifted student, but the next year his father's death caused him financial problems. Richard Brett supported him. He transferred to Brasenose College where there was a Lancashire fellowship available, and proceeded B.A. there on 2 December 1596; and was chosen in 1602 as a fellow of the college, taking his M.A. on 30 July. He was not particularly religious at this period, and was unimpressed with the preaching of William Perkins (Puritan), William Perkins; Bolton said he thou ...
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Robert Bolton
Robert Bolton may refer to: * Robert Bolton (clergyman, born 1572) (1572–1631), English clergyman, academic and preacher * Robert Bolton (dean of Carlisle) (1697–1763), English churchman * Bertie Bolton (Robert Henry Dundas Bolton, 1893–1964), Indian Army and British Army officer, police officer and English cricketer * Robert Bolton (MP) for Derby (UK Parliament constituency), Derby * Robert Bolton (politician), Northern Irish unionist politician {{hndis, Bolton, Robert ...
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