BIOGRAPHIES E

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James Eden (c.1799 -1874)

Born c.1799 Blackburn

Died 23 April 1874 Showley Hall, Clayton-le-Dale

Senior partner in the bleaching firm Eden and Thwaites.

He had a large mansion called 'Fairlawn', on Lytham seafront.

He was an art connoisseur and friend and patron of artist, Richard Ansdell.

Buried St Cuthberts Lytham Grave 25/11

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Capt Sir William Edge (1880-1948)                                                              Born 21 November 1880 Bolton                                                                 Died 18 December 1948  The Fylde, Lancashire                                      Educated St Thomas' School, Halliwell, Bolton; Bolton Grammar School                 MP Bolton 1916-1923 (Liberal)                                                                   Director of William Edge & Sons, Bolton. Knighted January 2nd 1922. Founding President of Bolton League of Young Liberals.                                                  Son of Knowles Edge qv, Mayor of Bolton 1916-18.

 

Sir Knowles Edge (1854-1931)                                                                   Politician and Industrialist                                                                               Born 1854 Prestwich, Lancashire                                                              Died 23 January 1931  Bolton                                                              Mayor of Bolton 1916, 1917 (Liberal)                                                  Chairman of William Edge & Son - "Dolly Blue" manufacturers. Son of founder William Edge. Knighted 1919. Councillor for Smithills.                                   Son of William Edge qv. Father of Capt William Edge qv, Liberal MP for Bolton 1916-1923.

 

William Edge (1824-1913)                                                                          Industrialist                                                                                                 Born 1824 Breightmet, Bolton                                                                       Died 1913 Bolton                                                                              Founded William Edge & Sons. Introduced a bleachers blue in 1872. Household laundry blue - Dolly Blue - introduced in 1884.                                                 Bolton Councillor.

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Maurice Edwards                                                                                        British Inventor, Motor engineer.                                                                       Born Bolton, Bolton borough, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom.        1910 - patentee with William Edwards of two-cylinder aero engine; engines used by Lilian Bland and James Alcock.                                                                  1916 - founded Edbro (Edwards Brothers) in Bolton.                                           1920s - developed the MEB a three-wheeled car

 

William Edwards                                                                                        British Inventor, Motor engineer                                                                       Born Bolton, Bolton borough, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom.        1910 - patentee with Maurice Edwards of two-cylinder aero engine; engines used by Lilian Bland and James Alcock.                                                                 

1916 - founded Edbro (Edwards Brothers) in Bolton

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PC John Egerton (c.1962-1982)                                                                     PC Egerton, 20, was stabbed to death in a factory yard in Farnworth on March 11, 1982, as he tried to arrest a man, he caught siphoning petrol from a van.

 

Queen Elizabeth II  (1926-2022)                                                                    Visited Bolton 1954, 1968, 1988 and 2009.

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James Elliston                                                                                              actor and theatrical manager

 

Prof Christine El Mahdy (1960-)                                                                     Egyptologist, Coptic and Early Christian scholar and writer.                                 Born 31 May 1950 Belper, Derbyshire.                                                        Educated Markland Hill Primary & Junior School; Canon Slade Grammar School, Bolton.                                                                                                  Born Christine Bamford. Founder and head of British Centre for Egyptian Studies. Family moved to Bolton when she was 7.                                                         Has published several books on Egyptology including 'Tutankhamen: The Life and Death of the Boy-King' and 'Exploring the World of the Pharaohs' (as Christine Hobson.)

 

Polly Emery (1875-1958)                                                                              Actress.                                                                                                      Born 10 May 1875 Bolton                                                                           Died 31 October 1958 Harrow, Middlesex.                                                    Early film actress whose career spanned appearances in silent films from 1916 up to a pioneering TV drama in 1938.

 

James Entwistle (1883-1972)                                                                         Politician                                                                                                     Born 3 May 1883 Bolton                                                                             Died 21 February 1972 Bolton                                                                     Mayor of Bolton 1938 (Conservative)                                                             Began his working life as a little piecer in the cotton mill of Nathan Pickering & Sons but in 1906 co-founded with his brother Entwistle Brothers Ltd, timber and metal merchants, Kay Street, Bolton.

 

Maj Sir Cyril Fullard Entwistle (1887-1974)                                                      Born 23 September 1887 Bombay, India                                                        Died 9 July 1974 Bournemouth, Hampshire                                                   Educated Bolton Grammar School                                                               MP Bolton 1931-1945 (Conservative)                                                             Was awarded the Military Cross on 1 January 1919 for actions while a Lieutenant (acting Major) in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War. KC 1931. Knighted 1937.                                                                                      MP for South-West Hull 1918-24. Director of Decca Record Company Ltd.

 

Stanley Entwistle (1895-1978)                                                                       Politician                                                                                                    Born 1895 Great Lever, Bolton                                                                       Died 31 May 1978 Deane, Bolton                                                                 Educated St Mark's School, Bolton; Bolton Municipal Secondary School; Magdelene College, Oxford.                                                                 Mayor of Bolton 1955 (Conservative).                                              Accountant for P & J Kevan, Acresfield, Bolton.

 

Sgt Arthur Walter Evans (1881-1936)                                                            Soldier                                                                                                      Born 8 April 1881 Liverpool                                                                    Died 1 November 1936  Sydney, Australia                                          Awarded Victoria Cross - won September 2, 1918 - captured an enemy machine gun post at Etaing, France.                                                                              Joined Lincolnshire Regiment under the name Walter Simpson and lived at 99 Davenport Street, Bolton.                                                                             At a public welcome in Bolton was presented with a gold watch - a personal gift from Lord Leverhulme, Bolton's Victory Mayor.

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Ian Ross Evatt (1981-)

English former professional football player and manager.                               Born 19 Nov 1981                                                                                    Manager of League Two club Bolton Wanderers.

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