William Earnest Bolton
William Earnest Bolton (2 April 1873 - ?) was the son of Richard Bolton and Elizabeth Alinchin. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received his early education in Montreal, Quebec, and later became interested in real estate speculation. He expanded his own real estate interests while becoming involved with many important property transfers and developments in and around Montreal at the turn of the century. Between the 1890s and the outbreak of the First World War in 1914), William Earnest Bolton acquired a controlling interest in some of the leading real-estate companies of Montreal, including the directorship of the Montreal Loan & Mortgage Company; the presidency of the Birmingham-Montreal Realty Company, Limited; and the directorships of the Midland Investment Company, Limited; the Richelieu Realty Company, Limited; the Renforth Realty Company, Limited; and the Riviera Realty Company, Limited. While he avoided all politics and calls to join public office, Bolton was a known Conservative supporter, and socially, he held memberships at some of the city’s finest clubs, including the Montreal Club, the Beaconsfield Golf Club, the Winter Club, the Montreal Country Club and the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association. In 1905, he married Miss Catherine Hamilton McClure at Plainfield, New Jersey, and they later become the parents of two sons, Richard and Hamilton.
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