Sir Philip Booth, 2nd Baronet (8 February 1907 – 5 January 1960) was a British television director and producer who emigrated to

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Biography

Early life

Born on 8 February 1907, the son of Sir Alfred Allen Booth, 1st Baronet, by his wife, Mary Blake Dwight, he attended

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before going up to

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where he graduated with a

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degree.John Nicholls Booth, ''Booths in history: their roots and lives, encounters, and achievements'', Bramley, Hampshire, UK: Ridgeway Press, 1982, pp. 74–7

/ref> He pursued postgraduate studies at

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, before serving as a

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in the

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during

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. Upon his father's death in 1948, he succeeded to the family

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.Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 427

Career

Booth worked in

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as a director and producer. He served as Senior Director and Program Director of

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, a television station in

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, and also directed animated film series for television.

Personal life

On 22 August 1935 Booth married Stella Fenton Wood Gerr, whom he divorced in 1946. He married secondly, on 20 November 1948, Ethel Greenfield (March 21, 1914 - February 9, 2018) by whom he had two sons, Sir Doug Booth (born 2 December 1949) and Dr Derek Booth (born 7 April 1953). Sir Philip died on 5 January 1960, being survived by his 2nd wife. ''Burke's Peerage & Baronetage''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, Sir Philip, 2nd Baronet 1907 births 1960 deaths Alumni of King's College, Cambridge American television producers Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom British Army personnel of World War II English emigrants to the United States English television producers People educated at Malvern College Television people from Liverpool Writers Guild of America board of directors