There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Boothby, both in the
Baronetage of England
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Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
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. One creation is extant as of 2022.
![Sir Brooke Boothby Joseph Wright](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Sir_Brooke_Boothby_Joseph_Wright.jpg)
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
High Sheriff of
Derbyshire
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from 1661 to 1662.
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had intended to create Boothby's father, Henry Boothby (1594–1648), a Royalist, in 1644 (with the
territorial designation
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"of Clate Clote in the County of Oxford"). The
letters patent
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received the
sign-manual
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of the King but in the confusion of the
Civil War
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, it did not pass the
Great Seal. His son, William, petitioned for a new creation in 1660 which was granted (due to this the Baronets are sometime numbered differently, the first Baronet of the 1660 creation is sometimes referred to as the second Baronet, and so on). Sir William married as his second wife Hill, daughter of Sir William Brooke, hence the common family first name of Brooke. Sir William Brooke was heir to the
barony of Cobham through his mother, but did not succeed as the peerages were under attainder. On his death the peerage fell into
abeyance
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among his four daughters. Boothby was succeeded by his grandson Henry (son of his deceased son Francis from his first marriage to Frances Milward of
Snitterton Hall).
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.
Hill Boothby
Hill Boothby (27 October 1708 – 16 January 1756) was an English friend and late love of Samuel Johnson.
Life
Boothby was born in Ashbourne in 1708. She was the granddaughter of Sir William Boothby, third baronet, and daughter of Mr. Brook Boot ...
was born in 1708 and she was a daughter of Brooke Boothby (died 1708) and Elizabeth Fitzherbert, and she was a friend of
Samuel Johnson
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. William Osbert Boothby (1866–1913), son of Reverend Evelyn Boothby, second son of Reverend Charles Boothby, third son of the seventh Baronet, was a
captain
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in the
Royal Navy
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.
Basil Boothby
Basil Boothby CMG (9 September 1910 – 9 February 1990) was a British ambassador.
Career
Evelyn Basil Boothby (of the family of the Boothby baronets) was educated at Winchester College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He joined the Diplom ...
, son of Basil Tanfield Beridge Boothby, youngest son of the aforementioned Reverend Evelyn Boothby, was a diplomat and served as
Ambassador to Iceland from 1962 to 1965. Evelyn Leonard Beridge Boothby (1876–1937), son of Colonel Basil Charles Boothby (who was seriously wounded at the
Battle of Alma
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during the
Crimean War
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and had to have his leg amputated), fourth son of Reverend Charles Boothby (who at a young age fought in the
Battle of Talavera
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where he lost a leg and was taken prisoner by the French), third son of the seventh Baronet, was also a captain in the Royal Navy.
John George Boothby (1824–1876), third son of Reverend Brooke Boothby, second son of the seventh Baronet, was a major-general in the
Royal Artillery
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.
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 (–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.
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Sir William Boothby, 4th Baronet
General Sir William Boothby, 4th Baronet (4 May 1721 - 15 April 1787) was a senior British Army officer and one of the Boothby baronets.
Boothby saw active service during the Seven Years' War.
He was colonel of the 50th Regiment of Foot
The 50 ...
(1721–1787). Grandson. He was a
general
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in the
British Army
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. 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
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. He was famously painted in a Romantic pose by
Joseph Wright Joseph Wright may refer to:
*Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797), English painter
*Joseph Wright (American painter) (1756–1793), American portraitist
*Joseph Wright (fl. 1837/1845), whose company, Messrs. Joseph Wright and Sons, became the Metro ...
in 1781 (see external links below).
*Sir William Boothby, 7th Baronet (1746–1824). Brother.
*Sir William Boothby, 8th Baronet (1782–1846). He was
Receiver General
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See also
* Treasurer
* Receiver General for Canada
* Recei ...
of Customs at the
Port of London
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.
*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
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in 1907, but was unable to take up the post because of ill health.
[Obituary – Sir Brooke Boothby, ''The Times'', London, 23 January 1913, p.9]
*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 Glamorgan from 1974 to 1986.
*Sir Brooke Charles Boothby, 15th Baronet (born 1949)
The
heir presumptive
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...
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 (–1661)
* Sir Thomas Boothby, 2nd Baronet (–1669)
References
*"Sir Brooke Boothby: Rousseau's Roving Baronet Friend" ''Aston English Historical Review''. 2006; CXXI: 1543–1544.
*Leigh Rayment. . Retrieved 14 January 2008.
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
*
Further reading
* Jacques Zonneveld. Sir Brooke Boothby: Rousseau's Roving Baronet Friend. De Nieuwe Haagsche: Uitgeverij, 2003. Pp. 542. $105. Review by JoLynn Edward
available online
External links
Stirnet database, no date. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
Portraits of Sir Brooke Boothby, 7th Bt. (or 6th Bt.)in the National Portrait Gallery
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