17 Facts About Mark Bolland

Mark William Bolland was born on 10 April 1966 and is a British public relations executive.

Mark Bolland was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Arthur Mark Bolland, who had emigrated from Middlesbrough in England, and his wife Joan.

Mark Bolland was educated at the King's Manor School in Middlesbrough, and the University of York, where he received a BSc in chemistry.

Mark Bolland then joined the Advertising Standards Authority and began a career in media regulation.

Mark Bolland was appointed Assistant Private Secretary to Charles, Prince of Wales in August 1996, and in 1997 became Deputy Private Secretary.

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Mark Bolland served in the role of Deputy Private Secretary to Charles, Prince of Wales until 2002.

Mark Bolland has been described as a 'key figure' in the rehabilitation of Charles following his negative public image after the death of his first wife, Diana, in 1997 and helping to create public acceptance for the relationship between Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles which led to their marriage in 2005.

Mark Bolland helped the establishment of special media arrangements to safeguard the privacy of Charles's sons, princes William and Harry at school and university, and was reportedly nicknamed "Blackadder" by the young princes.

Lamport was replaced as the prince's Private Secretary by Michael Peat in 2002 and Mark Bolland later felt that he should have left at the same time.

Mark Bolland was pressured to stay and remained in post, before becoming a consultant to the Palace for a short time, at which time he decided he needed to move on.

Mark Bolland's role was recognised by the PR industry in 2001 when he was awarded the prestigious PR Week "Professional of the Year Award".

Mark Bolland has held numerous positions in the third sector, having joined the Journalists' Charity, which was known as The Newspaper Press Fund when it was first established, as its vice-president in 2007, and serving as a trustee of the Open Futures Trust from 2010 to 2014 and the Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation from 2012 to 2014.

Mark Bolland has served as a trustee of several high net worth family charitable foundations and trusts including the Helen Hamlyn Trust from 2008 to 2014, the David Ross Foundation from 2011 to present, and as director of the Bertarelli Foundation from 2013.

Mark Bolland wrote the "Restaurant Spy" column for ES, the lifestyle magazine of the London Evening Standard from 2006 to 2009, has contributed occasional articles for the Mail on Sunday, and book reviews for the British Journalism Review, and wrote a column for the News of the World under the byline of 'Blackadder'.

In June 2011 The Independent alleged that Mark Bolland was closely linked to organised efforts to remove information from the English Wikipedia articles of the clients of his firm including Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby, David Ross, Maan Al-Sanea, and Mark Bolland's partner, Guy Black.

In 2014, Mark Bolland was named as one of London's most 1000 influential people by the Evening Standard.

Mark Bolland entered a civil partnership with his partner Guy Black in February 2006 at Islington Town Hall, in a ceremony witnessed by Murdoch MacLennan, the chief executive of the Telegraph Media Group, and Rebekah Brooks, then editor of The Sun.