Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale (7 March 1771 – 3 April 1853), was a British landowner and politician.
Life
Bootle-Wilbraham was the son of
Richard Wilbraham-Bootle and his wife Mary, daughter of
Robert Bootle. He inherited
Lathom House
Lathom House was a large country house in the parish of Lathom in Lancashire, England. Built between 1725 and 1740, the main block was demolished in 1925.
Early history
A wooden castle is believed to have stood on the site in mediaeval times. ...
on the death of his father in 1796 and changed his name by royal licence in 1814 to Bootle-Wilbraham .
He was elected to the
House of Commons
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for
Westbury in 1795, a seat he held until 1796, and then represented
Newcastle under Lyme
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from 1796 to 1812,
Clitheroe
Clitheroe () is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England; it is located north-west of Manchester. It is near the Forest of Bowland and is often used as a base for tourists visiting the area. In 2018, the Cl ...
from 1812 to 1818 and
Dover
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from 1818 to 1828. On 30 January 1828 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Skelmersdale, of
Skelmersdale
Skelmersdale is a town in Lancashire, England, on the River Tawd, west of Wigan, northeast of Liverpool and southwest of Preston. In 2006, it had a population of 38,813. The town is known locally as Skem .
While the first record of the tow ...
in the
County Palatine of Lancaster
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.
Lord Skelmersdale married Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Reverend Edward Taylor, in 1796. She died in 1840. Skelmersdale survived her by thirteen years and died in April 1853, aged 82.
They had a number of children, including:
Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (1801–1844), Edward Bootle-Wilbraham (1807–1882), and
Emma Caroline Smith-Stanley, Countess of Derby
Emma Caroline Smith-Stanley (1805 – 26 April 1876) was the Countess of Derby as the wife of Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times in the mid-19th century.
The second daught ...
.
He was succeeded in the barony by his grandson
Edward
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
, his eldest son the Hon.
Richard Bootle-Wilbraham having predeceased him.
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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External links
Portrait of Lord Skelmersdale*
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1771 births
Skelmersdale, Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron
People from Lathom
Skelmersdale, Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron
Skelmersdale
Skelmersdale is a town in Lancashire, England, on the River Tawd, west of Wigan, northeast of Liverpool and southwest of Preston. In 2006, it had a population of 38,813. The town is known locally as Skem .
While the first record of the tow ...
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Newcastle-under-Lyme
British MPs 1790–1796
British MPs 1796–1800
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Dover
UK MPs 1801–1802
UK MPs 1802–1806
UK MPs 1806–1807
UK MPs 1812–1818
UK MPs 1818–1820
UK MPs 1820–1826
UK MPs 1826–1830
UK MPs who were granted peerages