Bolts, William, 1739-1808, merchant and speculator
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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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referencedIn | Cleveland Public Library papers., 1741-1858 | British Library | |
referencedIn | Colin Mackenzie papers., 1821 | British Library | |
referencedIn | Papers of Harry Verelst, East India Company servant, Bengal; Governor of Bengal 1767-69, 1761-1785 | British Library | |
referencedIn | Vol. xii. Fab.-July, 1779.William Palmer, Major, afterwards General: Correspondence with W. Hastings: 1777-1816.Sir John Mcpherson, Member of the Council, afterwards Governor-General of India: Letters to W. Hastings: 1772-1786.James Macpherson, Trans... | British Library | |
referencedIn | Vol. xiii. Aug. 1779-March, 1780.Charles Chapman, Resident at Nangpoor: Correspondence with W. Hastings and others: 1779-1795.Sweeney Toone, Major: Letters to W. Hastings: 1773-1817.John Caillaud, Brigadier-General: Letters to W. Hastings: 1772-1808.... | British Library |
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