ABSTRACT
The background and range of contacts which John Bolton had developed by the mid- to late-1960s, together with his personality, made him eminently suitable both for formal roles as a non-executive director and for less formal contexts as a mentor/intermediary/facilitator. This clumsy description can itself be broken into three main groupings: helping organizations, usually with fundraising or appointments; advising individuals, usually with career issues; and events and invitations, covering speeches, meetings, activities, and bodies which requested his participation. His personal experience, network knowledge, his empathy, and not least his willingness to provide his time for people made him extremely popular to discuss their issues with, whatever they might be. He did so much for so many people and organizations, well above the normal call of duty and politeness, that this aspect of his life deserves appropriate attention. Indeed these services, kindnesses really, are an important measure of the man.
