Bolts, William, 1739-1808, merchant and speculator
Biographical notes:
c 1755 traded in Lisbon, Portugal; 1759 factor, the East India Company; 1760-1765 developed various private trading interests while working for the East India Company; c 1765 second in council, Benares; 1766 alderman, the mayor's court of Calcutta; 1766 resigned from the East India Company; 1766-1768 delayed return to Britain to develop his regional business interests (against the wishes of the East India Company); 1768 arrested and deported back to Britain; 1769 unsuccessfully appealed against the court of directors of the East India Company; 1771 subject of a lawsuit initiated by the East India Company; 1773 bankruptcy; 1775 entered the Austrian service, lieutenant-colonel; 1777-1784 travelled to India in the service of the Imperial East India Company of Trieste; 1784-1790 attempted several unsuccessful trading schemes with the French and Swedish governments; 1790s lived in France; 1800-1801 returned to Britain; 1801-1807 traded in Lisbon, Portugal; 1808 moved to Paris.
Epithet: merchant and speculator
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x000216
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- Bharatpur State, India (as recorded)
- Indonesia, Asia (as recorded)
- Jagannatha Temple, India (as recorded)
- Tinnevelly, Madras (as recorded)
- Hyderabad State, India (as recorded)
- Madura, Madras (as recorded)
- Oudh, India (as recorded)
- Baroda State, India (as recorded)
- Panipat, India (as recorded)
- Malabar, India (as recorded)
- Nagar, Mysore (as recorded)
- United States, North America (as recorded)
- Wadgaon, India (as recorded)
- Japan, Asia (as recorded)
- Assam, India (as recorded)
- Cauvery River, India (as recorded)
- Ratnagiri, Bombay (as recorded)
- Carnatic Region, India (as recorded)
- Suez, Egypt (as recorded)
- Saint Thomas's Mount, Madras (as recorded)
- Aurangabad, Hyderabad State (as recorded)
- China, Asia (as recorded)
- Talikota, India (as recorded)
- Guntur, Madras (as recorded)
- East Indies, Asia (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Tuticorin, Madras (as recorded)
- Chitaldroog, Mysore (as recorded)
- Baramahal, Madras (as recorded)
- Salem, Madras (as recorded)
- Chingleput, Madras (as recorded)
- Pulicat, Madras (as recorded)
- Konkan Coast, Bombay (as recorded)
- Tranquebar, India (as recorded)
- Red Sea, Asia (as recorded)
- China, Asia (as recorded)
- Afghanistan, Asia (as recorded)
- Delhi, India (as recorded)
- Jidda, Saudi Arabia (as recorded)
- Kurnool, Madras (as recorded)
- Coorg, South India (as recorded)
- Kanara District, Madras (as recorded)
- Coringa, Madras (as recorded)
- Mysore State, India (as recorded)
- Sravana Belgola, Mysore (as recorded)
- Java, Indonesia (as recorded)
- Northern Circars, Madras (as recorded)
- Buxar, Bihar (as recorded)
- Trichinopoly, Madras (as recorded)
- Warangal, Hyderabad State (as recorded)
- Ellora, Hyderabad State (as recorded)
- Savanur State, India (as recorded)
- Calcutta, India (as recorded)
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India (as recorded)
- Carnatic Region, India (as recorded)
- Sri Lanka, Asia (as recorded)
- Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
- Golconda, Hyderabad (as recorded)
- Arcot State, India (as recorded)
- Miraj State, India (as recorded)
- Sandur State, India (as recorded)
- Bellary, Madras (as recorded)
- Masulipatam, Madras (as recorded)
- Seringapatam, Mysore (as recorded)
- Wynaad, Madras (as recorded)
- Madras, India (as recorded)
- Deccan, India (as recorded)
- Indore State, India (as recorded)
- Suez - isthmus of, Egypt (as recorded)
- Chittagong, India (as recorded)
- Conjeeveram, Madras (as recorded)
- Afghanistan, Asia (as recorded)
- Sri Lanka, Asia (as recorded)
- Tirupati, Madras (as recorded)
- Persian Gulf, Asia (as recorded)
- Telugu Country, India (as recorded)
- Ramnad, Madras (as recorded)
- Srirangam, Madras (as recorded)
- Daulatabad, Hyderabad State (as recorded)
- Patna, India (as recorded)
- Penukonda, Madras (as recorded)
- Ahmadnagar, Bombay (as recorded)
- Tanjore, Madras (as recorded)
- Vijayanagar, Madras (as recorded)
- Tippera, Bengal (as recorded)
- Bantam, Indonesia (as recorded)
- Rayadrug, Madras (as recorded)
- Tibet, Asia (as recorded)
- Murshidabad, Bengal (as recorded)
- Gingee, Madras (as recorded)
- Anagundi, Hyderabad State (as recorded)
- Bengal, India (as recorded)
- Rajahmundry, Madras (as recorded)
- Covelong, Madras (as recorded)
- Sumatra, Indonesia (as recorded)
- Ajanta, Hyderabad State (as recorded)
- Bengal, India (as recorded)
- Makasar, Indonesia (as recorded)
- Borneo, Indonesia (as recorded)
- Cochin, Madras (as recorded)
- Nagpur, Central Provinces (as recorded)
- Philippines, Asia (as recorded)
- Jaipur State, India (as recorded)
- Mauritius, Africa (as recorded)
- Central Asia, Asia (as recorded)
- Kandy, Sri Lanka (as recorded)
- Chittoor, Madras (as recorded)
- Cuttack, Orissa (as recorded)
- Travancore State, India (as recorded)
- Balambangan, Malaysia (as recorded)
- Kondavid, Madras (as recorded)
- Jakarta, Indonesia (as recorded)
- Kondapalli, Madras (as recorded)
- Ambur, Madras (as recorded)
- Bijapur, Bombay (as recorded)
- Khandesh, Bombay (as recorded)
- Kistna River, India (as recorded)
- Gwalior State, India (as recorded)
- Tibet, Asia (as recorded)
- Bali, Indonesia (as recorded)
- Bengal, India (as recorded)
- Malacca, Malaysia (as recorded)
- Coimbatore, Madras (as recorded)
- Red Sea, Asia (as recorded)
- Berar, India (as recorded)
- Gooty, Madras (as recorded)
- Pondicherry, India (as recorded)
