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Booth Baronets
There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Booth, one in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The 1916 creation remains extant, the 1835 creation became extinct in 1896 and the 1611 baronetcy has been dormant since 1797. The senior line of the first creation was elevated to the peerage as Baron Delamer and Earl of Warrington. History The Booth Baronetcy, of Dunham Massey in the County of Chester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 May 1611 for Sir George Booth, High Sheriff of both Lancashire and Cheshire. The Booths were amongst the first eighteen families raised to the baronetage when the Order of Baronets was first instituted by James I in 1611. Booth was succeeded by his grandson, also George, who succeeded him as second Baronet and in 1661 he was raised to the Peerage of England as Baron Delamer, of Dunham Massey in the County of Chester. On his death the title passed to his eldest surviving son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of The Booth Family
A coat typically is an outer garment for the upper body as worn by either gender for warmth or fashion. Coats typically have long sleeves and are open down the front and closing by means of buttons, zippers, hook-and-loop fasteners, toggles, a belt, or a combination of some of these. Other possible features include collars, shoulder straps and hoods. Etymology ''Coat'' is one of the earliest clothing category words in English, attested as far back as the early Middle Ages. (''See also'' Clothing terminology.) The Oxford English Dictionary traces ''coat'' in its modern meaning to c. 1300, when it was written ''cote'' or ''cotte''. The word coat stems from Old French and then Latin ''cottus.'' It originates from the Proto-Indo-European word for woolen clothes. An early use of ''coat'' in English is coat of mail (chainmail), a tunic-like garment of metal rings, usually knee- or mid-calf length. History The origins of the Western-style coat can be traced to the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Grey, 4th Earl Of Stamford
Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford (18 June 1715 – 30 May 1768) was an English peer, styled Lord Grey from 1720 to 1739. Harry Grey was born at Enville Hall, the eldest son of Henry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford. He was educated at Rugby and Westminster. In 1736, he married Lady Mary Booth, the only daughter and heiress of George, 2nd Earl of Warrington. They had three children: *George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford (1737–1819) *Hon. Booth Grey (1740–1802), the MP for Leicester from 1774 to 1784, married, with a son and daughter *Hon. John Grey (1743 – 12 July 1802), married and had issue In 1738, he represented Leicestershire in the British House of Commons, but entered the House of Lords in 1739 upon inheriting the earldom. On 3 March 1744, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, and on 8 March, of Staffordshire too. He had inherited the Grey estates at Bradgate Park in Leicestershire and Enville in Staffordshire but decided to make Enville Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Douglas Allen Booth, 3rd Baronet
Sir Douglas Allen Booth, 3rd Bt (born 2 December 1949), is an Anglo-American aristocratic screen writer and television producer. Early life He is the elder son of Sir Philip Booth (1907–1960),''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'', 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 427 and Ethel (''née'' Greenfield; 1914–2018), a pioneering broadcaster. He was educated at Beverly Hills High School, California, before going up to Harvard to read American History and Literature, graduating Bachelor of Arts ''magna cum laude''. Upon his father's death in 1960, he succeeded to the baronetcy. Career As a television producer In 1985, Booth worked as an associate producer for fifty-five episodes of the television series '' G. I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' and '' Robotix''. In 1986, he was co-producer for '' Potato Head Kids'' and '' The Glo Friends''. From 1992 to 1994, he was producer for 65 episodes of '' Conan the Adventurer''. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cunard Steamship Company
Cunard () is a British shipping and cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. Since 2011, Cunard and its three ships have been registered in Hamilton, Bermuda. In 1839, Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract, and the next year formed the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company in Glasgow with shipowner Sir George Burns together with Robert Napier, the famous Scottish steamship engine designer and builder, to operate the line's four pioneer paddle steamers on the Liverpool–Halifax–Boston route. For most of the next 30 years, Cunard held the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic voyage. However, in the 1870s Cunard fell behind its rivals, the White Star Line and the Inman Line. To meet this competition, in 1879 the firm was reorganised as the Cunard Steamship Company, Ltd, to raise capital. In 1902, White Star joined the Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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