Thomas Robins Bolitho

Thomas Robins Bolitho (1840–1925) was a Cornish banker and landowner who served as High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1890. Early life and education Bolitho was born on 13 September 1840 in Penzance, the son of Thomas Simon Bolitho (1808–1877) and Elizabeth Robins. The Bolithos were an old Cornish family from Madron that found its fortune in trading and banking. By 1885, they were known as the "merchant princes" of Cornwall. He was educated at Harrow School and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Career He joined his family's banking company, Robins, Foster, Coode and Bolitho Co., in 1880, and was a director from 1887; when that company was taken over by Barclays Bank in 1905, he became a director of the latter. He was married to Augusta Jane Wilson on 30 June 1870, in Westminster. In 1877, he inherited Trengwainton, a country house near Penzance, from his father.