Henry George Boldero
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Henry George Boldero was a British Army
officer and a Tory Member of Parliament
for Chippenham
.
The second son of the Rev. John Boldero (died 1796), rector
of Ampton
, Suffolk
, by his marriage to Mary Ann Sibbs of Blakeney
, Norfolk
, Boldero was educated at the Royal Military College Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers
as a cornet in 1814, was promoted Lieutenant
in 1815, and Captain in 1827.
Boldero was first elected as one of the two Members of Parliament for Chippenham
in 1831. He lost the election of 1832 to William Fox Talbot
, but was elected again in 1835, holding the seat until he stood down in 1859. From 1841 to 1845, he was Clerk to the Ordnance. On 15 July 1842 he fought a duel
with Craven Berkeley
. He retired from the army with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel
in 1851.
Boldero was the father of Lieutenant General George Neeld Boldero (died 1898).
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
officer and a Tory Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Chippenham
Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)
Chippenham is a parliamentary constituency, abolished in 1983 but recreated in 2010, and represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
.
The second son of the Rev. John Boldero (died 1796), rector
Rector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
of Ampton
Ampton
Ampton is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk, England, about five miles north of Bury St Edmunds.According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is Amma's homestead. The Domesday Book records the population of Ampton in 1086 to be 23...
, Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, by his marriage to Mary Ann Sibbs of Blakeney
Blakeney, Norfolk
Blakeney is a coastal village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Blakeney lies within the Norfolk Coast AONB and the North Norfolk Heritage Coast. The North Norfolk Coastal Path passes through the village...
, Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, Boldero was educated at the Royal Military College Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers
The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....
as a cornet in 1814, was promoted Lieutenant
Lieutenant
A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
in 1815, and Captain in 1827.
Boldero was first elected as one of the two Members of Parliament for Chippenham
Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)
Chippenham is a parliamentary constituency, abolished in 1983 but recreated in 2010, and represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
in 1831. He lost the election of 1832 to William Fox Talbot
William Fox Talbot
William Henry Fox Talbot was a British inventor and a pioneer of photography. He was the inventor of calotype process, the precursor to most photographic processes of the 19th and 20th centuries. He was also a noted photographer who made major contributions to the development of photography as an...
, but was elected again in 1835, holding the seat until he stood down in 1859. From 1841 to 1845, he was Clerk to the Ordnance. On 15 July 1842 he fought a duel
Duel
A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two individuals, with matched weapons in accordance with agreed-upon rules.Duels in this form were chiefly practised in Early Modern Europe, with precedents in the medieval code of chivalry, and continued into the modern period especially among...
with Craven Berkeley
Craven Berkeley
The Hon. Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley was a British Whig politician.-Background:Berkeley was the seventh son of Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley, and Mary, daughter of William Cole...
. He retired from the army with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
in 1851.
Boldero was the father of Lieutenant General George Neeld Boldero (died 1898).