Sir Henry John Newbolt, CH was an English poet, novelist and historian. He also had a role as a government adviser with regard to the study of English in England. He is perhaps best remembered for his poems "Vitaï Lampada" and "Drake's Drum".
Henry Newbolt
Blue plaque near Newbolt's birthplace.
Clifton College Close
Sir Henry John Newbolt, Etching by William Strang. 1898
Bilston is a town in Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, England. It is close to the borders of Sandwell and Walsall. The nearest towns are Darlaston, Wednesbury, and Willenhall. Historically in Staffordshire, three wards of Wolverhampton City Council now cover the town: Bilston East and Bilston North, which almost entirely comprise parts of the historic Borough of Bilston, and Ettingshall, which comprises a part of Bilston and parts of Wolverhampton.
The Greyhound and Punchbowl
Bilston Town Hall
St. Leonard's Church of England church. Bilston
An enamelled bonbonnière from Bilston, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York