Background
Bolles was the son of Sir John Bolles, 1st Baronet of Scampton, Lincolnshire and his wife Katharine Conters, daughter of Thomas Conters, of Brodham, Lincolnshire and of East Barnet, Hertfordshire.
Bolles was the son of Sir John Bolles, 1st Baronet of Scampton, Lincolnshire and his wife Katharine Conters, daughter of Thomas Conters, of Brodham, Lincolnshire and of East Barnet, Hertfordshire.
He was baptised at Scampton on 11 April 1619. He supported the King in the Civil War and was fined £1,500 in January 1646. He succeeded to the baronetcy on 9 March 1648.
After the Restoration in 1661, he was one of the Grand Jury for trying the Regicides.
Bolles died at the age of 44, and was buried by torch light at Street Swithin"s, London.
Cavalier Parliament]
He was elected Member of Parliament for Lincoln in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1663.
He was a generous patron of the fine arts and literature.