Neil Lutley Sclater-Booth, 5th Baron Basing (16 January 1939 – 24 November 2007) was a British nobleman and New York financier. The son of George Sclater-Booth, 4th Baron Basing, he was educated at

St Peter's Court St Peter's Court was a prep school for boys at Broadstairs in Kent, U.K. In 1969 it merged with the nearby Wellesley House School and its site was redeveloped for housing. History The school was established during the 19th century and came to p ...

, Broadstairs, and

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

, and graduated with an economics degree from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

, where he played

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. Sclater-Booth worked in securities, becoming Executive Vice President of

Akroyd & Smithers S. G. Warburg & Co. was a London-based investment bank. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The firm was acquired by the Swiss Bank Corporation in 1995 and ultimately became a part of UBS ...

, Inc., and President of Standard New York, Inc., the American subsidiary of Standard New York Securities.''New York Times'' obituary
/ref> He succeeded his father as Baron Basing in 1983, but did not use the title.
/ref> By his wife, Patricia, he had two sons: *

Stuart Sclater-Booth, 6th Baron Basing Stuart may refer to: Names *Stuart (name), a given name and surname (and list of people with the name) Automobile * Stuart (automobile) Places Australia Generally *Stuart Highway, connecting South Australia and the Northern Territory Northe ...

(born 1969) *Andrew Limbrey Sclater-Booth (born 1973) Sclater-Booth died of

esophageal cancer Esophageal cancer is cancer arising from the esophagus—the food pipe that runs between the throat and the stomach. Symptoms often include difficulty in swallowing and weight loss. Other symptoms may include pain when swallowing, a hoarse voice ...

in 2007.

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