Nathaniel Bousfield
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Nathaniel George Philips Bousfield (1829 – 21 May 1883) was a Liverpool cotton merchant, a leading Volunteer officer, and a Conservative Party politician.
Volunteer Force
Bousfield was an enthusiast for the
1st Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps, dated 11 June 1859, was the first to be issued in the new force. He later served as Major when the corps expanded to a full battalion.[1][2][3]
Political career
Bousfield was a
Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath
from 31 January 1874 to 1880.
Personal life
Nathaniel was married to Catherine Barratt Bousfield. She died 24 August 1884 at age 54.[4]
Notes
- ^ Beckett, pp. 14–5, 19; Appendix VI.
- ^ Spiers, pp. 163–6.
- ^ Westlake, p. 139.
- ^ Catherine Barratt Bousfield, Lass, Lancashire. “Nathaniel George Philips Bousfield (1829-1883) -...” Find A Grave, 4 Sept. 2014, nl.findagrave.com/memorial/135401170/nathaniel-george_philips-bousfield..
References
- Ian F.W. Beckett, Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982, ISBN 0 85936 271 X.
- Edward M. Spiers, The Army and Society 1815–1914, London: Longmans, 1980, ISBN 0-582-48565-7.
- Ray Westlake, Tracing the Rifle Volunteers, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84884-211-3.
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