Nathaniel George Philips Bousfield (1829 – 21 May 1883) was a Liverpool cotton merchant, a leading Volunteer officer, and a Conservative Party politician.
A further offer to form a volunteer corps was declined in 1857, despite the support of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Duncan MacDougall of the Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery.
However, during the invasion scare of 1859 a public meeting in London led to calls for national Volunteer Force, and Bousfield and MacDougall renewed their offer.
When the government gave in to the pressure, Bousfield's commission as Captain-Commandant of the 1st Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps, dated 11 June 1859, was the first to be issued in the new force.
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