Baron Basing, of Basing Byflete and of Hoddington, both in the County of Southampton, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1887 for the Conservative politician and former

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, George Sclater-Booth. On his death the title passed to his eldest son, the second Baron, and then to his son, the third Baron. On the latter's death in 1983 this line of the family failed. The title was inherited by the late Baron's first cousin, the fourth Baron. He was the son of Charles Lutle Sclater-Booth, second son of the first Baron. the title is held by the fourth Baron's grandson, the sixth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2007. The family surname of Sclater-Booth is pronounced "Slater-Booth".

Barons Basing (1887)

* George Sclater-Booth, 1st Baron Basing (1826–1894) *

George Limbrey Sclater-Booth, 2nd Baron Basing Brigadier-General George Limbrey Sclater-Booth, 2nd Baron Basing, (1 January 1860 – 8 April 1919) was a British Army officer, a peer and a civic leader in Hampshire. Life Sclater-Booth was the son of George Sclater-Booth, 1st Baron Basing an ...

(1860–1919) *John Limbrey Robert Sclater-Booth, 3rd Baron Basing (1890–1969) *George Lutley Sclater-Booth, 4th Baron Basing (1903–1983) * Neil Lutley Sclater-Booth, 5th Baron Basing (1939–2007) *Stuart Anthony Whitfield Sclater-Booth, 6th Baron Basing (b. 1969) The

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is the present holder's son Luke Waters Sclater-Booth (b. 2000)

References

* * *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Basing Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1887 Noble titles created for UK MPs