Thomas Robins Bolitho

Thomas Robins Bolitho (13 September 1840 – 28 September 1925) was a Cornish banker and landowner who served as High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1890.

Early life and education Bolitho was born on 13 September 1840 in Penzance, the son of Thomas Simon Bolitho (1808–1877) and Elizabeth Robins. The Bolithos were an old Cornish family from Madron that found its fortune in trading and banking. He was educated at Harrow School and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

He was married to Augusta Jane Wilson on 30 June 1870, in Westminster.

He served as the High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1890.

The Great Western Railway's 'Saint' class locomotive number 173 (later 2973), was named Robins Bolitho upon its creation in March 1905, in his honour.

An etching of a painting of Bolitho on his horse by Alfred Munnings, titled Thomas Robins Bolitho On Barum. Master of The Western Fox Hounds Since 1864, it has been in the collection of Penlee House. A study for the work, comprising three portrait sketches of Bolitho, also survives. and, by "Mrs. Robins Bolitho", to their Penzance (No. 1) team in 1927.