Boothby baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Boothby, both in the
The Boothby Baronetcy, of Broadlow Ash in the County of Derby, was created in the Baronetage of England on 13 July 1660 for William Boothby, subsequently
The Boothbys left Broadlow Ash when the first Baronet purchased Ashbourne Hall from Sir Aston Cockayne in about 1671.
Several other members of this family may also be mentioned.
The Boothby Baronetcy, of Friday Hill in the parish of Chingford in the County of Essex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 9 November 1660 for Thomas Boothby. The title became extinct on the early death of his son, Thomas, the second Baronet, in 1669.
Boothby baronets, of Clater Cote (1644)
- Sir Henry Boothby, 1st Baronet (1594–1648)
Boothby baronets, of Broadlow Ash (1660)
- Sir William Boothby, 1st Baronet (c. 1638–1707)
- Sir Henry Boothby, 2nd Baronet (1682–1710). He died unmarried at the age of eighteen.
- Sir William Boothby, 3rd Baronet (1664–1731). Half-uncle, son of the first Baronet by his second marriage to the aforementioned Mary Hill.
- Sir William Boothby, 4th Baronet (1721–1787). Grandson. He was a general in the British Army. He would have succeeded to the barony of Cobham but for the Brooke attainders.
- Sir Brooke Boothby, 5th Baronet (1710–1789). First cousin once removed. He was the eldest son of Brooke Boothby, third son of the second marriage of the first Baronet.
- Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th (or 7th) Baronet (1744–1824). He was a poet and friend of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. He was famously painted in a Romantic pose by Joseph Wright in 1781 (see external links below).[3]
- Sir William Boothby, 7th Baronet (1746–1824). Brother.
- Sir William Boothby, 8th Baronet (1782–1846). He was Receiver General of Customs at the Port of London.
- Sir Brooke William Robert Boothby, 9th Baronet (1809–1865). He was Rector of Elmley, Worcestershire, and of Welwyn, Hertfordshire. Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire, the family seat for 200 years, was sold according to his will.
- Sir Brooke Boothby, 10th Baronet (1856–1913). He was a diplomat who was appointed envoy to Chile in 1907, but was unable to take up the post because of ill health.[4]
- Sir Charles Francis Boothby, 11th Baronet (1858–1926). Brother.
- Sir Herbert Cecil Boothby, 12th Baronet (1863–1935). Brother.
- Sir Seymour William Brooke Boothby, 13th Baronet (1866–1951). Brother.
- Sir Hugo Robert Brooke Boothby, 14th Baronet (1907–1986). He served as Lord-Lieutenant of South Glamorganfrom 1974 to 1986.
- Sir Brooke Charles Boothby, 15th Baronet (born 1949)
The heir presumptive is the present holder's kinsman: George William Boothby (born 1948). He is descended from Reverend Brooke Boothby, second son of the seventh Baronet. He is married with three daughters.
Boothby baronets, of Friday Hill (1660)
- Sir Thomas Boothby, 1st Baronet (c. 1622–1661)
- Sir Thomas Boothby, 2nd Baronet (c. 1645–1669)
References
- ^ Kathryn M. Burton, ‘Boothby, Hill (1708–1756)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 2 Jan 2017
- ^ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. J. R. Smith. p. 74.
- ^ Rebecca Mills, ‘Boothby, Sir Brooke, seventh baronet (1744–1824)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 accessed 2 Jan 2017
- ^ Obituary – Sir Brooke Boothby, The Times, London, 23 January 1913, p.9
- "Sir Brooke Boothby: Rousseau's Roving Baronet Friend" Aston English Historical Review. 2006; CXXI: 1543–1544.
- Leigh Rayment. boothby baronets[usurped]. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Lundy, Darryl. "Thepeerage.com". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
Further reading
- Jacques Zonneveld. Sir Brooke Boothby: Rousseau's Roving Baronet Friend. De Nieuwe Haagsche: Uitgeverij, 2003. Pp. 542. $105. Review by JoLynn Edwards available online.
External links
- Boothby genealogy Stirnet database, no date. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
- Portraits of Sir Brooke Boothby, 7th Bt. (or 6th Bt.) in the National Portrait Gallery