Robert Booth (c. 1699–1733) was a British lawyer and opposition Whig politician who sat in the

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from 1727 to 1733. Booth was the eldest son of Hon. and Rev. Robert Booth,

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, and his wife Mary Hales, daughter of Thomas Hales of Howletts, Kent. He was educated at

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in 1712 and matriculated at

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on 8 June 1716, aged 18. He was admitted at

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in 1716, and called to the bar in 1725. He succeeded his father in 1730. At the

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, Booth was returned as an opposition Whig

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for

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by his cousin,

Henry Robartes, 3rd Earl of Radnor Henry Robartes, 3rd Earl of Radnor (c. 1695 – February 1741) was an English landowner, Earl of Radnor in the peerage of Great Britain and a member of the House of Lords from 1723 until his death. Early life and family Robartes was the first son ...

. He voted consistently against the Administration. On 10 March 1730 he seconded an opposition motion for an address to the King to dispossess the French from St Lucia, St Vincent and St Dominico in the West Indies. Booth died unmarried on 25 January 1733.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, Robert 1690s births 1733 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Bodmin British MPs 1727–1734