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Booth, of Allerton Beeches, City of Liverpool (UK Baronet, 1916)

Creation: let.pat. 24 Jan 1916

Family name: Booth

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Arms of Per pale and per chevron Argent Ermine and Sable in chief two Boars' Heads erased and erect of the last

and in base a like Boars's Head of the first together with the Crest A Rose Gules barbed seeded and encircled by two

Olive Branches proper thereon a Lion passant Argent were granted to Charles Booth, the elder brother of Sir Alfred

Booth, 1st Bt., and used by Sir Alfred and his immediate successors. Following the proving of the genealogical connection

with the earlier Booth Baronets (cr. 1611 - dormant 1797), subsequently Barons Delamer and Earls of Warrington, the

present Baronet, Sir Douglas Allen Booth, 3rd Bt., has chosen to use the ancestral arms of Booth as shown above.

Image kindly supplied by Martin Goldstraw Esq

Arms:

Argent three Boars' Heads erect and erased Sable langued Gules

Crest:

A Lion passant Argent

Motto:

Nec Temere Nec Timide (Neither rashly nor timidly)

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Sir Alfred Allen Booth, 1st Bt.

2nd son of Alfred Booth JP, of 46 Ullet Road, Liverpool, ship owner and founder of Alfred Booth & Co, Liverpool, and Booth & Co, New York (by his wife Lydia Allen Butler, dau. of Benjamin Franklin Butler, of New York City, New York, USA, Attorney-General of the USA), 1st son and heir of Charles Booth, of Liverpool, corn merchant (by his first wife Emily Fletcher, dau. of Thomas Fletcher, merchant and banker of Liverpool), 5th son of Thomas Booth, of Toxteth Lodge, Liverpool, corn merchant (by his wife Esther Noble, dau. of James Noble, of Lancaster), 5th son of Henry Booth, of Orford, co. Lancaster (by his wife Esther Jennings, dau. of Thomas Jennings), 1st son and heir of Henry Booth, of Orford, co. Lancaster (by his wife Martha Lowe, dau. of John Lowe, of Abram, co. Lancaster, and Park Hall, co. Derby), 2nd son of Dr John Booth, of Warrington, co. Lancaster, apothecary (by his wife Alice Worrall, dau. of Henry Worrall, of Styal, co. Chester), 3rd son of John Booth, of Twemlow Hall, co. Chester (by his wife Anne Radcliffe, dau. of Alexander Radcliffe, of Tyldesley, co. Lancaster), 1st son and heir of Lawrence Booth, of Twemlow Hall, co. Chester (by his wife Frances Hurleston, dau. of John Hurleston, of Picton, co. Chester), 5th son of John Booth, of Twemlow Hall, co. Chester (by his wife Isabella Lowndes, dau. of Richard Lowndes, of Smallwood, co. Chester), 1st son and heir of William Booth, of Twemlow Hall, co. Chester (by his wife Ellen Davenport, dau. of John Davenport, of Woodford, co. Chester), 2nd son of Edward Booth (by his second wife Mary Knutsford, dau. and cohrss. of Roger Knutsford, of Twemlow Hall, co. Chester), 3rd son of Sir William Booth, of Dunham Massey, co. Chester, by his second wife Ellen Montgomery, dau. of Sir John Montgomery, of Throwley, co. Stafford. By his first wife, Margaret Assheton, dau. and cohrss. of Sir Thomas Assheton, of Ashton-under-Lyne, co. Lancaster, Sir William Booth was the great-great-grandfather of Sir George Booth, 1st Bt., of Dunham Massey, co. Chester, the ancestor of the Barons Delamer and the Earls of Warrington.

born

17 Sep 1872

mar. (1)

15 Dec 1903 Mary Blake Dwight (d. 6 Nov 1924), only child of Edmund Dwight, of New York City, New York, USA, by his wife Mary Flanagan Blake, dau. of Cdre Homer Crane Blake USN

children by first wife

1. Sir Philip Booth, 2nd Bt.

2. Maj Edmund Booth (b. 29 May 1908; d. 3 Jul 1985), mar. 28 Jul 1933 Henrietta Mary Addis (d. 28 Jul 1987), 4th dau. of Sir Charles Stewart Addis KCMG, of Woodside, Frant, co. Sussex, Director of the Bank of England, by his wife Elizabeth Jane McIsaac, dau. of James McIsaac, of Saltcoats, co. Ayr, and had issue

1. Sylvia Emily Booth (b. 23 May 1905; d. 20 Jun 1968), mar. 30 Apr 1927 Ivan Roll Amis (d. 1 Jul 1970), 2nd son of Henry Amis, of 28 Thornton Way, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London NW11, and had issue

mar. (2)

9 Nov 1925 Margaret Lucy Brightwen (d. 1 Dec 1943), dau. of Charles Edward Brightwen, 2nd son of Charles Brightwen, of Scarborough, co. York, by his wife Hannah Rowntree

died

13 Mar 1948

created

24 Jan 1916 a Baronet of the United Kingdom, styled "of Allerton Beeches, City of Liverpool"

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Director, Alfred Booth & Co; Chairman and Director, Cunard Steamship Company

Sir Philip Booth, 2nd Bt.

born

8 Feb 1907

mar. (1)

22 Aug 1935 (div. 1946) Stella Fenton Wood, dau. of Israel J Gerr, of Vredefort, South Africa, and New York City, New York, USA

mar. (2)

20 Nov 1948 Ethel Greenfield (b. 1915; mar. (2) 1962 (div. 1965) Prof Winston R Weisman PhD; d. 9 Feb 2018), dau. of Joseph C Greenfield, of New York City, New York, USA

children by second wife

1. Sir Douglas Allen Booth, 3rd Bt.

2. Dr Derek Blake Booth PhD, heir presumptive to the Baronetcy of Booth, of 25 Rubio Road, Santa Barbara, California, USA, geologist and civil engineer (b. 7 Apr 1953), mar. (1) 28 Jun 1981 (div. 2000) Elizabeth Dreisbach, dau. of Prof Robert Hastings Dreisbach PhD MD, of Palo Alto, California, USA, and has issue:

1a. Colin Dreisbach Booth (b. 3 Jun 1982)

1a. Rachel Dreisbach Booth (b. 3 Jun 1986)

Dr Derek Booth mar. (2) 24 Jun 2006 Dr Stephanie Louise Moret PhD

died

5 Jan 1960

suc. by

son

note

served in World War II with the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Fusiliers and the Royal Pioneer Corps; Member, Screen Directors' Guild; television director and producer

Sir Douglas Allen Booth, 3rd Bt.

born

2 Dec 1949

mar.

17 Nov 1991 Yolanda Marcela Scantlebury, dau. of William Scantlebury CPA, of New York City, New York, USA

children

1. Zahra Jessica Booth (b. 13 Aug 1993)

2. Azura Rosalie Booth (b. 14 Jul 1997)

note

writer and producer for television

The heir presumptive to the Baronetcy is Dr Derek Blake Booth, second son of the 2nd Baronet and younger brother of the present Baronet.

 Last updated 10 Jan 2019

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