Sir Robert Tuite Boothby

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(29 June 1871 – 7 February 1941) was a British banker.

Career

He was born in

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in Fife, the son of Col Robert Tod Boothby of the

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, and his wife Madeline Condie. Boothby studied at the

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. He was the manager of the

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Institution from 1920 to 1940, and a director of the Bank of Scotland. He was knighted as a

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in 1929, and was also a member of the

Royal Company of Archers The Royal Company of Archers, The King's Bodyguard for Scotland is a ceremonial unit that serves as the Sovereign's bodyguard in Scotland—a role it has performed since 1822 during the reign of King George IV when the company provided a perso ...

. He lived in Beechwood House in Corstorphine, previously the home of Sir

Alexander Asher Alexander Asher (27 January 1834 – 5 August 1905) was a Scottish politician and lawyer, who was elected as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for the Elgin Burghs (UK Parliament constituency), Elgin Burghs constituency ...

. He is buried with his wife in Corstorphine churchyard in

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immediately east of the church.

Family

His brother-in-law was James Graham Watson, his predecessor at Scottish Life. He married Mabel Lancaster, daughter of Henry Hill Lancaster, on 27 September 1898. They had one son,

Robert Boothby Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby, (12 February 1900 – 16 July 1986), often known as Bob Boothby, was a British Conservative politician. Early life The only son of Sir Robert Tuite Boothby, KBE, of Edinburgh and a cousin of Rosalind ...

, born in 1900.

References

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