BOOTH, George (1675-1758) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 2 May 1675, 2nd but 1st surv. s. Henry Booth, Bar. Delamer (later earl of Warrington) and Mary (d. 23 Mar. 1691), da. of Sir James Langham^‡, 2nd bt.; bro. of Hon. Langham Booth^‡. educ. private (tutor, Mr. Delaheuze). JRL, EGR 3/6/2/2/5. m. 9 Apr. 1702 (with £24,000), BJRL, lxv. 22 n38. Mary (d. 3 Apr. 1740), da. of John Oldbury of London, 1da. d. 2 Aug. 1758; Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 534, 525-6. will 22 July 1754 – 8 Sept. 1757, pr. 17 Aug. 1758. TNA, PROB 11/840.

Offices Held

Commr. sewers, Lancs. and Cheshire 1706. JRL, EGR 3/6/1/2.

Dep. lt., Lancs. 1714–? Ibid. 3/6/1/1.

Freeman, Chester 1689–d. Bodl. ms Eng. Hist. c.711 for 9 Jan. 1689 (Roger Whitley diary, British History Online).

Parlimentarian

BOOTH, George (1675-1758)

Associated with: Dunham Massey, Cheshire; Suffolk Street, Mdx. (to ?1717);JRL, EGR 3/6/2/1/11; Verney ms mic. M636/54, G. Merry to Fermanagh, 11 Apr. 1717.; Poland/ Great Marlborough Street, Mdx (from 1717).BJRL, lxv. 23 n41.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas, attrib. Godfrey Kneller, 1700-10, National Trust, Lanhydrock, Cornwall; oil on canvas by Michael Dahl, 1720-30, National Trust, Dunham Massey, Cheshire; oil on canvas by Michael Dahl, 1727, National Trust, Tatton Park, Cheshire.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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