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- Horatio William „Botty“ Bottomley (* 1860 in Bethnal Green, London; † 1933) war ein britischer Journalist und Politiker, der im Mittelpunkt eines großen Betrugsprozesses stand. (de)
- Horatio William Bottomley (23 March 1860 – 26 May 1933) was an English financier, journalist, editor, newspaper proprietor, swindler, and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his editorship of the popular magazine John Bull, and for his nationalistic oratory during the First World War. His career came to a sudden end when, in 1922, he was convicted of fraud and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. Bottomley spent five years in an orphanage before beginning his career, aged 14, as an errand boy. Subsequent experience as a solicitor's clerk gave him a useful knowledge of English law, which he later put to effective use in his court appearances. After working as a shorthand writer and court reporter, at 24 he founded his own publishing company, which launched numerous magazines and papers, including, in 1888, the Financial Times. He overreached with an ambitious public flotation of his company, which led to his first arraignment on fraud charges in 1893. Despite evidence of malpractice, Bottomley, who defended himself, was acquitted. He subsequently amassed a fortune as a promoter of shares in gold-mining companies. In 1906 Bottomley entered parliament as Liberal Party member for Hackney South. In the same year, he founded the popular magazine John Bull, which became a platform for Bottomley's trenchant populist views. Financial extravagance and mismanagement continued to blight his career, and in 1912 he had to resign from parliament after being declared bankrupt. The outbreak of war in 1914 revived his fortunes; as a journalist and orator, Bottomley became a leading propagandist for the war effort, addressing well over 300 public meetings. His influence was such that it was widely expected that he would enter the War Cabinet, although he received no such offer. In 1918, having been discharged from bankruptcy, Bottomley re-entered parliament as an Independent member. In the following year, he launched his fraudulent "Victory Bonds" scheme which, when exposed, led to his conviction, imprisonment and expulsion from parliament. Released in 1927, he attempted unsuccessfully to relaunch his business career and eked out a living by lecturing and appearances in music halls. His final years before his death in 1933 were spent in poverty. (en)
- Horatio Bottomley, né le 23 mars 1860 à Bethnal Green (Londres) et mort le 26 mai 1933 à Fitzrovia (Londres), est un homme d'affaires, journaliste et homme politique britannique. Il était membre du Parti libéral et a été élu plusieurs fois député. En tant que député du Parlement, il a notamment suggéré un changement de législation concernant les embarcations de sauvetage en 1911, un an avant le naufrage du Titanic, qui ne disposait pas de suffisamment de canots de sauvetage. (fr)
- Horatio William Bottomley, född 23 mars 1860 och död 26 maj 1933, var en brittisk finansman och tidningsägare. Från enkla förhållanden och utan utbildning arbetade sig Bottomley fram till en betydelsefull ställning inom finansvärlden och grundade flera stora bolag och tidningar. Han namn är främst knutet till det föraktade men allmänt lästa skandalbladet John Bull, grundat 1906 och redigerat av honom själv. I tidningen drev han under första världskriget en hätsk nationalistisk propaganda, riktad främst mot tyskar men även mot sina politiska motståndare. 1906-12 och 1918-22 var han parlamentsledamot och tog som sådan aktiv del i politiken. Bottomley anklades flera gånger för bedrägligt förfarande i samband med sina affärer, bland annat 1893 och 1909, men lyckades bli frikänd genom sitt på egen hand mästerligt skötta försvar. I en ny process 1922 fälldes han slutligen, och dömdes denna gång till 7 års straffarbete, men frigavs 1927. (sv)
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- If [Bottomley] had a humbug of his own, he made mincemeat of the humbug of others, excoriating the more extreme claims made on behalf of the League of Nations, dismissing most forces in international politics except those based on power and ridiculing the naivest sorts of Labour claim to have discovered an inexhaustible supply of wealth and wages. (en)
- [I intend] to give the government an independent and, I hope, an intelligent support, so long as it proceeds on the lines of robust and healthy democracy, but I am also here to oppose all fads and 'isms and namby-pamby interference with the liberty and freedom of our common citizenship. (en)
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- Horatio William „Botty“ Bottomley (* 1860 in Bethnal Green, London; † 1933) war ein britischer Journalist und Politiker, der im Mittelpunkt eines großen Betrugsprozesses stand. (de)
- Horatio Bottomley, né le 23 mars 1860 à Bethnal Green (Londres) et mort le 26 mai 1933 à Fitzrovia (Londres), est un homme d'affaires, journaliste et homme politique britannique. Il était membre du Parti libéral et a été élu plusieurs fois député. En tant que député du Parlement, il a notamment suggéré un changement de législation concernant les embarcations de sauvetage en 1911, un an avant le naufrage du Titanic, qui ne disposait pas de suffisamment de canots de sauvetage. (fr)
- Horatio William Bottomley (23 March 1860 – 26 May 1933) was an English financier, journalist, editor, newspaper proprietor, swindler, and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his editorship of the popular magazine John Bull, and for his nationalistic oratory during the First World War. His career came to a sudden end when, in 1922, he was convicted of fraud and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. (en)
- Horatio William Bottomley, född 23 mars 1860 och död 26 maj 1933, var en brittisk finansman och tidningsägare. Från enkla förhållanden och utan utbildning arbetade sig Bottomley fram till en betydelsefull ställning inom finansvärlden och grundade flera stora bolag och tidningar. Han namn är främst knutet till det föraktade men allmänt lästa skandalbladet John Bull, grundat 1906 och redigerat av honom själv. I tidningen drev han under första världskriget en hätsk nationalistisk propaganda, riktad främst mot tyskar men även mot sina politiska motståndare. 1906-12 och 1918-22 var han parlamentsledamot och tog som sådan aktiv del i politiken. Bottomley anklades flera gånger för bedrägligt förfarande i samband med sina affärer, bland annat 1893 och 1909, men lyckades bli frikänd genom sitt på e (sv)
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