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BOLD, Peter (d.1762), of Bold Hall, Prescot, Lancs.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
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Family and Education
s. of Richard Bold, M.P., by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Norton of Barkisland, Yorks. educ. B.N.C. Oxf. 2 Feb. 1722. m. Anna Maria, da. and coh. of Godfrey Wentworth of Woolley Park, Yorks., wid. of Rev. Edward Sylvester of Barthwaite, 6da. suc. fa. 1704.
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Biography
Bold came of an old Lancashire family, and his father and grand-father had both represented the county. He was a Tory, and was returned unopposed for Lancashire in 1754. He did not stand again in 1761, and died 12 Sept. 1762.