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Charles Arthur Bolton (3 January 1882 – 23 November 1963) was an English international rugby union player.
| Full name | Charles Arthur Bolton | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 January 1882 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kensington, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 November 1963 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Eastbourne, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Marlborough College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | New College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Kensington, Bolton was educated at Marlborough College and New College, Oxford.[1]
Bolton played rugby for United Services and was called up by England as a reserve for their match against the 1908–09 Wallabies, before gaining his only cap in a win over France at Leicester, utilised as a wing-forward.[2][3]
A brigadier in the British Army, Bolton was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1919.[1]
Bolton married the daughter of colonial official Sir Henry John Jourdain.[4]
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