Background
The elder son of Captain E. A. Bolitho, Royal Navy, and the grandson of Technology S. Bolitho of Trengwainton, Bolitho was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
The elder son of Captain E. A. Bolitho, Royal Navy, and the grandson of Technology S. Bolitho of Trengwainton, Bolitho was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Harrow School.
He was Chairman of Cornwall County Council from 1941 to 1952 and Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall from 1936 to 1962, for some years serving in both roles simultaneously. Bolitho was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1900 and served in the Great War of 1914 to 1918, in which he was twice mentioned in despatches and twice wounded. After serving as High Sheriff of Cornwall for 1931-1932, Bolitho was Chairman of Cornwall County Council from 1941 to 1952, as well as Chairman of the China Clay Council from 1951 to 1963.
Sir Edward died on 18 December 1969.
Douglas Reeman, a historical novelist who, under the pseudonym Alexander Kent, wrote a series of naval novels set during the Age of Sail about a British officer called Richard Bolitho. Reeman has stated that the name Richard Bolitho was borrowed from Colonel Bolitho"s brother, "a distinguished old chap" he had met in the Channel Islands when Reeman sailed his boat there.
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1953).