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		Bottomley turned his attention to the promotion of British stock and in 1908 was charged with conspiracy to defraud when it was revealed that his Trust had issued about 10 million shares in excess of its stated capital.
		Bottomley was forced to vacate his seat of South Hackney in the Commons that he had held for the Liberal Party since 1905.
		Bottomley was active as a speaker in recruiting campaigns during World War I and won a handsome fee of £7,800 per annum from the newspaper magnate Lord Northcliffe for writing a weekly article in his Sunday Pictorial.
	www.mininghall.com /minerals/people/database/details.htm?id=bottomleyh&printit=true (1105 words)

	Tower Hamlets News pages
		Bottomley was born in Bethnal Green on March 23, 1860.
		Bottomley was a bright lad and a quick learner, and he soon became a partner in the company, and began to soak up an impressive legal knowledge from his time spent taking shorthand in the courts.
		Bottomley was terrific at raising money, good at ripping it off, but useless at controlling his own finances or escaping detection.
	www.towerhamlets.gov.uk /templates/news/detail.cfm?newsid=2869 (812 words)

	cockney history, tower hamlets, east end of london, Charles Coborn, music hall, Bow, Mile End, Victorian
		Horatio Bottomley was one of those larger than life characters who seemed to populate Victorian and Edwardian London.
		Bottomley was born in Bethnal Green on 23 March, 1860.
		Bottomley was a bright lad and had learned to live on his wits; the quick learner became a partner in the company, and began to soak up an impressive legal knowledge from his time spent taking shorthand in the courts.
	www.eastlondonhistory.com /bottomley.htm (1006 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (Hi-Hz) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Horatio Bottomley was an English politician and financier.
		Placed in command of the army of the southern districts in 1780, he suffered a severe defeat at Camden, South Carolina and was replaced by General Greene.
		Horatio Herbert Kitchener was a British military leader.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /C6D.HTM (2331 words)

	Horatio Bottomley - TheBestLinks.com - Liberal Party (UK), Bankruptcy, Parliament of the United Kingdom, London, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Horatio Bottomley, Liberal Party (UK), Bankruptcy, Parliament of the United...
		Horatio Bottomley (1860-1933) was a British financier, swindler, journalist, newspaper proprietor, populist politician and member of parliament.
		He was released from jail in 1927 and died in penury on 26 May 1933.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Horatio_Bottomley.html (389 words)

	Aftermath: Horatio Bottomley - the soldiers friend (1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Horatio Bottomley was one of those larger than life characters who litter the stage of history.
		His career veered wildly from failure to success, and from fame to disgrace, ending in the grotesque sight of the journalist who had proclaimed himself 'the soldier's friend' being sent to prison for defrauding thousands of ex-soldiers of what little money they had.
		Born in 1860 Bottomley spent much of his early life in an orphanage; one of his early jobs as a court shorthand writer led to a consuming interest in journalism and self promotion.
	www.aftermathww1.com /horatio1.asp (572 words)

	Local Heritage Initiative - Silver tongued charmer or arch swindler – Horatio Bottomley uncovered (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bottomley spent his early years working as a court shorthand writer, whetting his appetite for journalism.
		But Bottomley was not to let a little matter of failed business ventures stop him.
		It was Bottomley’s business acumen (or lack of) that led him to innumerable conflicts with shareholders.
	www.lhi.org.uk /editorial_archive/heritage_matters/heritage_articles/silver_tongued.html (683 words)

	Horatio Bottomley -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Horatio Bottomley was born in (additional info and facts about Bethnal Green) Bethnal Green, (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London, on 23 March 1860.
		He spent 14 years growing up in an (A public institution for the care of orphans) orphanage, and then joined a firm of legal shorthand writers where he learnt something about the court system.
		He was charged with fraud, and the following year he was convicted, sentenced to seven years and expelled from Parliament.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ho/horatio_bottomley.htm (261 words)

	Exposed: Lawyer's tie to the king of fraud - This is Bradford Archive - From the Telegraph & Argus
		When second-hand book-seller Clive Woods stumbled across a volume signed by a notorious turn-of-the-century fraudster he was determined to uncover the identity of the man the personal message inside was dedicated to.
		Bradford's link to Bottomley was uncovered after Mr Woods bought a rare first edition copy of Horatio Bottomley Hys Booke for only £2 at a book fair in Leeds.
		Horatio Bottomley, who was known for squandering exorbitant sums of money and was twice declared bankrupt, was cleared of share fraud in 1893, when he conducted his own defence, and in 1909.
	archive.thisisbradford.co.uk /1998/08/24/172141.html (525 words)

	Horatio Bottomley
		In 1918 he returned to Parliament as an Independent MP (with almost 80% of the vote).
		In May 1919 Bottomley founded The People's League hoping it would be 'a great Third Party' which would represent 'the People' against organised labour and organised capital.
		He created the "John Bull Victory Bond Club" (a forerunner of Premium Bonds) as a mechanism for small savers to lend money to the Government, receiving prizes rather than interest; again a combination of fraud and mismanagement sank the scheme in 1921.
	www.firebird.cn /wiki/Horatio_Bottomley (404 words)

	Ancestry Message Boards [ Bottomley ]
		Bottomleys in Halifax, Nova Scotia : Alice Bennett -- 27 Jul 2005
		Horatio Bottomley - England : Jen -- 24 Aug 2004
		HRe: Horatio Bottomley - England : angela smith -- 22 Sep 2004
	boards.ancestry.com /mbexec/board/an/surnames.bottomley (301 words)

	One of Those Days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		English politician and racehorse owner Horatio Bottomley decided to fiddle the bookmakers at a minor race at little-known racecourse, Blankenberg, in Belgium.
		Bottomley entered his six best horses – streets ahead of the rivals in such a minor event – and then paid his jockeys to ride home in a predetermined order.
		Bottomley lost a small fortune – to the bookies he sought to defraud.
	www.itnews.org.uk /w_articles/w_thosedays/days_040809.cfm (298 words)

	Ancestry Message Boards - Message [ Bottomley ]
		The original reporting was May 30, 1922 and concerned his sentencing for frauds on 23 counts for which he was penalized for 7 years..
		The initial info states "Among the many "con" men who have existed in finance and commerce Horatio Bottomley was the master; in one 10 year period he promoted nearly 50 companies and had more than 60 writs filed against him.
		I'm not sure at this point why this info was included in my Aunt's information about family but her mom was a Bottomley so must assume there is some connection.
	boards.ancestry.com /mbexec?htx=message&r=an&p=surnames.bottomley&m=128.3 (215 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Parker Horatio William (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Parker, Horatio William (1863-1919), American composer and music teacher, born in Auburndale, Massachusetts, and educated privately and at the...
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	ca.encarta.msn.com /Parker_Horatio_William.html (99 words)

	Local Heritage Initiative - The Rise & Fall of Horatio Bottomley
		Horatio Bottomley Celebrated in New Musical [9 kb]
		Horatio Bottomley was a colourful character who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the richest men in England, only to lose it all.
		Nicknamed "Botty", he had a gift for talking his way out of any situation, and frequently represented himself in the many court cases held against him.
	www.lhi.org.uk /projects_directory/projects_by_region/south_east/east_sussex/the_rise_and_fall_of_horatio_bottomley (265 words)

	Bottomley Coat of Arms
		In ancient Anglo Saxon England, the Bottomley family lived in or around the settlement of Bottomley, which was located near Halifax, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
		It is hard to say exactly when man first came to the lands that were to become the British Isles, but it can be said with certainty that Paleolithic tribes were flourishing there by 8000 BC.
		Bottomley Framed Surname History and Coat of Arms
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.c/qx/bottomley-coat-arms.htm (1217 words)

	THE WILTSHIRE BOTTOMLEY'S (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The first recorded use of the name was by one Edwarde Bottomley, documented in neighbouring Lancashire in 1273.
		Perhaps the most famed member of the family, was Horatio Bottomley.
		Horatio was a great orator and self-made millionaire who lived at the turn of the 20th Century.
	www.bottomley.org.uk (187 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Guardian daily comment \| Absolute bounders we have loved
		Archer, it has always seemed to me, has been such a huge fundraiser (watching him force a room full of dinner jackets to open their wallets for charity has been a masterclass in hucksterism) that in his own mind all the other dodgy bits didn't count.
		There are some direct similarities to Archer's career: Bottomley was forced to resign as an MP after his shares went phut, and then bounced back brassier than ever.
		What is so astonishing about Bottomley's career is the extent to which the public absolutely wanted to be gulled.
	www.guardian.co.uk /comment/story/0,3604,251485,00.html (716 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- John Bull Horatio -- Oct. 22, 1923 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Horatio Bottomley, the wicked Munchausen of British journalism, is in Wormwood Scrubbs Jail.
		For some time his daily diary has been smuggled out of jail and published in one of the London papers— the kind of paper, which, if the English chewed gum, would be read by 500,000 gum-chewers.
		As he went to jail Justice Darling, the wit of criminal trials, is said to have remarked : " There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamed of in your philosophy."
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,750989,00.html (392 words)

	The Confessions of Aleister Crowley
		Such a man would doubtless be as difficult to understand as others had found me. He must have had some noble reason for his apparently vile and baseless attacks on bishops, judges and ministers of the crown, to say nothing of firms like Waring and Gillow.
		I wrote this in January 1922, when Mr Bottomley was prosecuting Mr Bigland for criminal libel, and the magistrate made this remark.
		However, the Patriot Bottomley doubtless felt that he had wronged me, for he made amends by publishing another article to refresh public enthusiasm about my crimes, a month later.
	www.hermetic.com /crowley/confess/chapter76.html (9661 words)

	'I remember the women's champ' - This is Bradford Archive - From the Telegraph & Argus
		Evidence suggesting a prominent pre-war Bradford magistrate was years ahead of his time by being tough on domestic violence has come to light, thanks to the Telegraph and Argus.
		Mr Woods had bought a rare first edition of Horatio Bottomley: Hys Booke and turned detective to uncover the identity of the man to whom a personal message inside was dedicated.
		After hours of painstaking research at Bradford Central Library's local history section he discovered Beaumont Morice was a barrister and Stipendiary Magistrate for Bradford who had once given legal advice to Bottomley.
	archive.thisisbradford.co.uk /1998/09/03/171747.html (424 words)

	Gates, Horatio on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Gates later freed his slaves and moved to New York, where he spent the rest of his life.
		Students Named Horatio Alger California Scholars and Will Receive $2,500 College Scholarship.
		L'Oreal makes beauty mark downtown; Edgier brands move off 5th Ave.; Gates- backed nonprofit's Hudson Sq.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/G/Gates-H1o.asp (509 words)

	Horatio
		1907 Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer, dies at 73
		1899 Horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies
		1805 Horatio Nelson, dies in Battle of Trafalgar
	www.brainyhistory.com /topics/h/horatio.html (226 words)

	News - Lewes Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		She unearthed the story of Horatio Bottomley and realised his larger-than-life character â“ interwoven with Alfriston's own early 20th century history â“ was the stuff of musical drama.
		And after a heart-stoppingly short rehearsal programme Horatio played word and note perfect to packed houses at the village hall last week.
		Two strong female roles â“ Horatio's long-suffering wife Eliza and supportive mistress Peggy Primrose â“ were handled with delicacy and sympathy by Michelle Gibbins and Kay Loadsman.
	www.sussexexpress.co.uk /ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=509&ArticleID=676436 (656 words)

	Horatio Bottomley - Great Crime Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bottomley was a humbug, a hypocrite of the worst type.
		He championed the cause of the poor man and robbed him at the same time.
		Sometimes he worked with needle and thread in the tailor's shop.
	www.throughthenight.co.uk /bottomley.htm (116 words)

	Bottomley
		1995 Arthur George Bottomley, politician, dies at 88
		1974 Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, and Jocko Conlan elected to Hall of Fame
		1928 Cardinals 1B Jim Bottomley is voted NL MVP
	www.brainyhistory.com /topics/b/bottomley.html (91 words)

	Horatio Bottomley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		Book Description: Horatio Bottomley was one of the most flamboyant characters of the twentieth century.
		From his inauspicious beginnings as a child in an orphanage, he made a series of extremely shrewd financial investments, went on to achieve Parliamentary success, and was reputed to have a mind to equal the finest legal brains in the country.
	isbn.nu /1842329332 (382 words)

	Moorcock's Miscellany - Q&A Archive Article #2115 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He sounds as if he should be high in the ranks of the self-invented, including Horatio Bottomley,..."
		He sounds as if he should be high in the ranks of the self-invented, including Horatio Bottomley, who ran John Bull's Weekly and sold honours as well as swindling readers!
		It is exhausting to occupy Pyat's head, I must say, and involves reading a lot of unpleasant memoirs by unregenerate Nazis and so forth.
	www.multiverse.org /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=2080 (580 words)

	Horatio Bottomley: A Biography of an Outstanding Personality - FELSTEAD, S THEODORE: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Uttar Pradesh Assembly has passed a bill for setting up the Maulana Mohammed Ali Jauhar University with Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mohammed Azam Khan as its pro-chancellor for life.
		British financier Horatio Bottomley had said "what poor education I have received has been gained by the university of life".
		Here it would be the minister who would be imparting his knowledge to the university’s students for life, whether he remains a minister or not.
	www.the-week.com /24dec19/lastword_home.htm (726 words)

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