The only son of William Bolitho and his wife, Mary Hichens Yonge of Polwithen House, he was born at
Madron near
Penzance in July 1862. He was educated at
Harrow School, before going up to
Trinity College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in
first-class cricket for
Oxford University against
Lancashire at
Oxford in 1883. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1885, making a total of eight appearances. In addition to playing for Oxford, he also appeared for the
Gentlemen of England in 1885
against Oxford, during which he made his highest first-class score of 45
not out. For Oxford, he scored 242 runs at an
average of 18.61 and a high score of 32. Bolitho later toured North America in September 1885 with a team formed by the Devon amateur
E. J. Sanders, making two first-class appearances on the tour against the
Gentlemen of Philadelphia at
Germantown. Between May 1889 and March 1895, he was promoted to the rank of
lieutenant, before he was promoted to the rank of
captain in March 1895. Bolitho served during the
Second Boer War. He was made a temporary
major during war, with the rank converted to an
honorary rank in the third year of the war. During the course of the war he was wounded in action,
mentioned in dispatches and awarded the
Distinguished Service Order. Following the war, he resigned his commission in November 1904. Bolitho later served as the director of
Barclays and was a
justice of the peace for
Cornwall. Bolitho died at
Bath in February 1919. ==Family==