Langham Booth (c. 1684 – 12 May 1724) was an English courtier and member of parliament. A younger son of

Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington Privy Council of England, PC (13 January 1652 – 2 January 1694) was a Member of Parliament#United Kingdom, Member of Parliament, Privy Council of England, Privy Councillor, Protestant protagonist in the ...

and his wife Mary Langham, in 1705 Booth was elected as a Whig as one of the two Members of Parliament for

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and sat until 1710, in 1707 becoming one of the members of the

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. He was elected again for the parliament of 1715 to 1722.Sir Bernard Burke, ''A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire'' (1883 edition), p. 61 In 1723, Booth was returned as one of the members for

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, but died only a year later, when he was reported to be aged forty.“The representation of Cheshire” in John Parsons Earwaker, ed., ''Local Gleanings: An Archaeological and Historical Magazine'' (1880)
pp. 417–418
/ref> He was also a

Groom of the Bedchamber Groom of the Chamber was a position in the Royal Household, Household of the monarch in early modern Kingdom of England, England. Other ''Ancien Régime'' royal establishments in Europe had comparable officers, often with similar titles. In King ...

to King George I.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, Langham 1680s births 1724 deaths Year of birth uncertain Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Liverpool British MPs 1707–1708 British MPs 1708–1710 British MPs 1710–1713 British MPs 1713–1715 British MPs 1715–1722