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Basing, Baron (UK, 1887)

Creation: let. pat. 7 Jul 1887

Family name: Sclater-Booth

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Gules a Chevron between in chief two Bezants and in base a Portcullis chained Or (Booth);  2nd, Argent a Cross Gules between two Penguins proper in the first and fourth quarters and two Martlets Azure in the second and third quarters (Sclater)

Crests:

1st:  a Horse's Head erased proper bridled and reined Or charged with a Roundel Gules thereon a Boar's Head erect and erased Sable (Booth);  2nd:  between two Sprigs of Oak proper fructed Or a Woodcock's Head erased proper gorged with a Collar Argent charged with a Saltire Azure (Sclater)

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Winged Lion queue fourchée;  Sinister:  an Eagle Sable;  each gorged with a Saltire Azure affixed to the collar a Chain reflexed over the back Argent the wings charged on the covert and secondary feathers with three Cogwheels in chevron Or

Motto:

God Is My Source

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George [Sclater later Sclater-Booth], 1st Baron Basing, PC

1st son of William Lutley Sclater, of Hoddington House, co. Hampshire, by his wife Anna Maria Bowyer, dau. of William Bowyer, of The King's Remembrancer's Office, by his wife Dorothy Tomkyns, dau. of Thomas Tomkyns, of Bucknall, co. Hereford

born

19 May 1826

mar.

8 Dec 1857 Lydia Caroline Birch (d. 5 Jul 1881), only dau. of Maj George Birch, of Clare Park, co. Hampshire, by his wife Lydia Diana Dashwood, dau. of Samuel Francis Dashwood, of Stanford, co. Nottingham

died

22 Oct 1894

created

7 Jul 1887 Baron Basing, of Basing Byflete and of Hoddington both in the County of Southampton

suc. by

son

George Limbrey [Sclater-Booth], 2nd Baron Basing, CB

born

1 Jan 1860

mar.

12 Dec 1889 Mary Hargreaves (d. 1 Jun 1904), 2nd dau. of John Hargreaves, of Maiden Earley Hall, co. Berkshire, and of Whalley Abbey, co. Lancaster, by his wife Mary Jane Cobham, dau. of Alexander Cobham Cobham, of Shinfield, co. Buckingham

died

8 Apr 1919

suc. by

son

John Limbrey Robert [Sclater-Booth], 3rd Baron Basing

born

3 Dec 1890

mar.

27 Feb 1924 Mary Alice Erle Benson (d. 21 Oct 1970), 2nd dau. of Lt Col Richard Erle Benson

died

s.p.m. 2 Oct 1969

suc. by

cousin

George Lutley [Sclater-Booth], 4th Baron Basing

1st son of Hon Charles Lutley Sclater-Booth (by his wife Ellen Geraldine Jones, yst. dau. of George Jones, of Mitton Manor, co. Stafford), 2nd son of George [Sclater later Sclater-Booth], 1st Baron Basing

born

7 Dec 1903

mar. (1)

16 Mar 1938 (div. 1944) Jeanette MacKelvie (d. 17 Nov 1957), dau. of Neil Bruce MacKelvie, of New York, USA

mar. (2)

18 Jul 1951 Cynthia Beal (widow of Carl H Beal, of Los Angeles, California, USA;  d. 1982), dau. of Charles W Hardy, of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

died

18 Sep 1983

suc. by

son by first wife

Neil Lutley [Sclater-Booth], 5th Baron Basing

born

16 Jan 1939

mar.

16 Sep 1967 Patricia Ann Whitfield, dau. of George Bryan Whitfield, of New Haven, Connecticut, USA

children

1. Hon Stuart Anthony Whitfield Sclater-Booth (b. 18 Dec 1969), mar. 28 Jun 1997 Kirsten Erica Oxboel, dau. of Eric Henry Oxboel, and has issue:

1a. Luke Waters Sclater-Booth (b. 1 Sep 2000)

1a. Eliza Anne Sclater-Booth (b. 18 Mar 1999)

2. Hon Andrew Linbrey Sclater-Booth (b. 1973)

 Last updated 11 Nov 2004

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Title:

5th Baron Basing, of Basing Byflete and of Hoddington both in the County of Southampton

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 7 Jul 1887)

Address:

50 West 67th Street, New York City, NY 10023, USA

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