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 preparatory school for boys at Broadstairs in Kent, UK. 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 ...

, Broadstairs, and

Eton College Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Mini ...

, and graduated with an economics degree from

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

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

esophageal cancer Esophageal cancer (American English) or oesophageal cancer (British English) is cancer arising from the esophagus—the food pipe that runs between the throat and the stomach. Symptoms often include dysphagia, difficulty in swallowing and weigh ...

in 2007.

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