26 Facts About Francis Newbolt

Sir Francis George Newbolt KC FCS was a British barrister, judge, etcher and writer.

Francis Newbolt was the Recorder of Doncaster between 1916 and 1920, and the Official Referee for the Supreme Court between 1920 and 1936, as well as being Chancellor of the Diocese of Exeter and Bradford and Chairman of the Devon Quarter Session.

Francis Newbolt was the first honorary Professor of Law at the Royal Academy of Arts.

Francis Newbolt was the younger brother to poet Sir Henry Newbolt.

Francis Newbolt was educated at Clifton College, and later at Balliol College, Oxford where he read Natural Science obtaining honours in 1887.

Francis Newbolt was invited to join the Bar at Inner Temple in 1890 before taking silk in 1914.

In 1923, Francis Newbolt recommended that medical evidence should be used in paternity cases due to the issue of perjury.

Francis Newbolt's recommendations were not taken forward at the time due to the limitations in medical science.

In 1939, Newbolt represented Jacob Epstein at a military tribune as part of T E Hulme's campaign to stop him being called up.

Francis Newbolt was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, which he was an associate member and the society's historian, and various major art exhibitions.

Francis Newbolt regularly displayed his etchings at the Royal Academy of Art.

Francis Newbolt's work exhibited included The Funeral in 1921, Barton Broad in 1923, Taormina in 1929 and Treworan Bridge in 1930.

Francis Newbolt was elected as a member of the Art Workers' Guild in 1907.

Francis Newbolt was the first editor of the journal of the Land Agent's Society.

Francis Newbolt started writing under a pseudonym Bradnock Hall, with a novel Rough Mischance in 1896 and Fish Tales and Some True Ones in 1897.

Francis Newbolt's writings were challenged by American lawyer Henry Drinker, but he did not respond.

Francis Newbolt contributed articles to the Art Journal, to the Law Quarterly Review, and The Listener.

In 1910 Francis Newbolt stood for the Liberal Party in the parliamentary constituency of Chertsey.

Francis Newbolt continued his love of science, delivering over 1000 lectures to school children.

Francis Newbolt was Chancellor of the Diocese of Exeter and Bradford.

Francis Newbolt was elected as a fellow of the Chemical Society in 1895.

In 1919, Francis Newbolt was made an honorary member of the Land Agent's Society, and was made a Knight of the Realm for his voluntary work as a legal advisor during the First World War.

Francis Newbolt was the president of the Norwegian Society from 1920 to 1926.

Francis Newbolt was elected as the Master of the Art Workers' Guild in 1927.

Francis Newbolt married Alice Clara Franck Bright, daughter of James Franck Bright, in 1889; and they had four daughters.

Lady Francis Newbolt died in 1934 at the age of 67 leaving Francis Newbolt a widower.