Damon Michael Gough (1969-) Singer/Songwriter Born 2 October 1969 Dunstable, Bedfordshire Educated Thornleigh Salesian College; Leeds College of Music Performs as Badly Drawn Boy. Work includes soundtrack to film 'About A Boy'. Brought up in Breightmet, Bolton.
James Gradwell (1891-1974) Politician Born 26 December 1891 Tong Street, Bolton Died 24 April 1974 Bolton District General Hospital, Farnworth Educated Clarence Street School Mayor of Bolton 1960 (Labour) Sick Bay Attendant on HMS Broke during the First World War when his ship (alongside HMS Swift) famously engaged six German destroyers in the English Channel, sinking two of them - one by ramming - on 20 April 1917. Awarded Distinguished Service Medal. Known as Jimmy. Worked as an Insurance Agent for the Royal London Insurance Company, later becoming a Superintendent.
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Jonathan Grant See under: Gash, Jonathan
Sydney Granville (1880-1959) Musical Actor Born 1880 Bolton Died 27 December 1959 Stockport, Cheshire. Born Walter Dewhurst. D'Oyly Carte company member performing Gilbert & Sullivan repertoire for over 35 years.
David Gratrix (1840-1892) Bolton councillor Born 14 September 1840 Died 17 April 1892 Lost his life in endeavouring to stop a runaway horse in Bradshawgate, Bolton
Alfred (Alf) Gray (1910-1974) Professional Footballer Born 30 August 1910 Westhoughton, Bolton Died 1974 Bolton Forward - played for Oldham, Torquay, Liverpool, Lincoln and Newark.
Lt Col William Gray (1814-1895) Born 21 December 1814 Darcy Lever, Bolton Died 6 February 1895 MP Bolton 1857-1874 (Conservative) Mayor of Bolton 1850, 1851 (Conservative) Cotton mill owner - Proprietor of Lever Bridge Mill, Radcliffe Road, Darcy Lever, Bolton.
Matthew (Matt) Gray (1907-1985) Professional Footballer Born 18 April 1907 Westhoughton, Bolton Died 1985. Forward - played for Tranmere and Oldham.
Roy Greaves (1947-) Professional Footballer Born 4 April 1947 Farnworth, Bolton Midfielder - played for Bolton Wanderers 1965-1980.
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Frank Greenall
A speedway rider from Bolton.
Lived at 65 Mornington Road.
Thomas Greenall (1857-) Born 5 May 1857 Tarbuck, Lancashire Died 22 December 1937 Barton MP Farnworth 1922-1929 (Labour) Union leader. President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners Federation.
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Cllr David Greenhalgh (1967-2021)
Leader of Bolton Council
Born 25 Dec 1967
Died 29 Jul 2021
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Col Robert Ward Greenhalgh (1902-1989) Industrialist Born 21 May 1902 Bolton Died 1989 Lancashire Managing Director of the Beehive Spinning Company, Bolton. High Sheriff of Lancashire 1967. Served with the Bolton Artillery (TA) from 1926, being its commander during the last three years of the Second World War. He remained as a TA officer until 1952.
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James Greenhalgh (1808-)
Architect
Born 1808 Grindleton Yorks
He was Bolton's principal architect of the early nineteenth century and able to design in a variety of styles - Greek (Lower Bridgeman Street Assembly Hall and Baths 1845; Gothic (St Paul, Halliwell 1848); Tudor (cottages and schools by St Paul's); and Dutch (St George's School, Little Bolton). In 1857 he claimed to have been in practice in Bolton for 26 years.
James Greenhalgh (1821-1881) Politician Born 1821 Bolton Died 26 November 1881 Greenhill, Bolton Mayor of Bolton 1877 (Conservative) Solicitor. He was a prime mover in the adoption of the Free Library and Museums Act in Bolton and spent many years working for the establishment of a Free Library in Bolton.
Paul Greenhalgh See under Paul Nicholls.
Sam Greenhalgh (1881-1955) Professional Footballer Born 1881 Eagley, Turton, Lancashire Died 28 March 1955 Bolton Began playing for Turton - joined Bolton Wanderers in 1902 - played in 1904 FA Cup Final, losing against Manchester City. Half-back - Captained Bolton Wanderers - Played for Aston Villa 1906-07.
Shaun Greenhalgh (1960-) British Artist and Art Forger Born September, 1960 Bromley Cross, Lancashire, England, UK Parent(s) George (1923-2014) and Olive (1925-2016) Greenhalgh. Greenhalgh's family was involved in "the garden shed gang". They established an elaborate cottage industry at his parents' house in The Crescent, Bromley Cross, South Turton, which is about 3.5 miles (6 km) north of Bolton town centre. The Amarna Princess, sometimes referred to as the "Bolton Amarna Princess," is a statue forged by British art forger Shaun Greenhalgh and sold by his father George Sr. to Bolton Museum for £440,000 in 2003. Based on the Amarna art-style of ancient Egypt, the purchase of the Amarna Princess was feted as a "coup" by the museum and it remained on display for three years. However, in November 2005, Greenhalgh was brought under suspicion by Scotland Yard's Arts and Antiquities Unit, and the statue was impounded for further examination in March 2006. It is now displayed as a part of an exhibition of fakes and forgeries.
Thomas Greenlees (1865-1949) Botanist and naturalist Born 1865 Bolton Died 1949 Bolton A leatherworker by profession, founded Bolton Botanical Society in 1895 (later Bolton Field Naturalists Society 1907.) Published 'Flora of Bolton' with Thomas Holden in 1920. Keen plant collector. Donated 1,500 herbarium specimens to Bolton Museum.
Joseph (Joe) Greenwood (1904-1978) Professional Boxer Born 27 November 1904 Bolton Died 1978 Bolton Fought at fly, bantam and featherweight - 560 professional fights - last fight in 1936 - never knocked out but ended career 'punch drunk' and rejected for army service. Biggest purse was £40.
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John Edgar Gregan (1813–1855) Scottish architect.
Born 18 Dec 1813 Dumfries.
Died 29 Apr 1855 York Place, Manchester, aged 42
His work includes the churches of St James' Breightmet and, St Peter's, Belmont.
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William Gregg (–1644)
Vicar of St Peter's, Bolton (27 Nov 1630-1644)
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Ernest Kenneth Gregory (1909-)
Born Aug 1909
Director of Maxilin
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Thomas Gregson(1794-1865) Politician Born 1794 Bolton Died 7 February 1865 Southport, Lancashire Mayor of Bolton 1843 (Liberal). Cotton spinner "employing in conjunction with others 200 hands" in 1851. Went into partnership with Thomas Leeming in the 1840s as Gregson & Leeming Cotton Spinners.
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Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley CBE (1876-1941) British railway engineer. Born 19 June 1876 Edinburgh. Died 5 April 1941. He was one of Britain's most famous steam locomotive engineers, who rose to become Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). He was the designer of some of the most famous steam locomotives in Britain, including the LNER Class A1 and LNER Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific engines. An A1 Pacific, Flying Scotsman, was the first steam locomotive officially recorded over 100 mph in passenger service, and an A4, number 4468 Mallard, still holds the record for being the fastest steam locomotive in the world (126 mph). A pupil under John Aspinall at Horwich of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR).
He married 17 Oct 1901 Fylde, Lancashire, England - Ethel Frances Fullagar (1874 Bolton, Lancashire, England- 5 Aug 1929 Edmonton, Middlesex, England)
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Tony Griffin (1960-) Paralympian Born in Bolton February 1960 with cerebral palsy. won seven gold medals over three Paralympic Games
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Phillip (Phill) Grimshaw (1950-1998) Type Designer Born 1 February 1950 Bolton Died 27 July 1998 Manchester, Lancashire Educated Bolton College of Art; Royal College of Art, London Created many well known type faces for Letraset and ITC including Braganza, Gravura, Mistraland Rennie Mackintosh.
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Eddie Grindrod (c.1937-) He saw a gap in the market that gave Bolton such famous club names as The Beachcomber, The Cromwellian Club, Maxwell's Plum and Hawthorns. It was the foresight of Eddie and two pals, Norman Clements and Eric Eckersley, that helped give Bolton a club scene envied even by the city centre of Manchester.
John Clowes Grundy (1806–1867)
English printseller and art patron
Born 3 Aug 1806 Bolton, Lancashire, the eldest son of John Grundy, a cotton-spinner there and Elizabeth Leeming, his wife. Died 19 May 1867.
Christened at St Peter, Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire in 1806.
Thomas Leeming Grundy (1808-1841) Engraver Born 6 January 1808 Bolton Died 10 March 1841 Camden Town, London Trained as an engraver in Manchester and later worked in London.
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