Robert Booth (1662–1730), an

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18th-century

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, served as

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from 1691 and also as

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from 1708.

Early life and family

The 6th son of

George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (18 December 1622 – 8 August 1684), was an English landowner and politician from Cheshire, who served as an Member of Parliament, MP from 1646 to 1661, when he was elevated to the House of Lords as Booth barone ...

and Lady Elizabeth

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, eldest daughter of General the Lord Stamford, he was educated at

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, graduating as

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, before receiving, in 1712, the degree of

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. He married twice, firstly to his distant cousin Ann Booth, daughter of Sir Robert Booth,

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and his second wife Susannah Oxenden, who bore him one son (

Barton Booth Barton Booth (168210 May 1733) was one of the most famous British dramatic actors of the first part of the 18th century. Early life Booth was the son of The Hon and Very Revd Dr Robert Booth, Dean of Bristol, by his first wife and distant co ...

), and secondly to Mary

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, who bore 14 children: their youngest son, Nathaniel Booth, succeeded in 1758 as the 4th and last Baron Delamer. His son

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was MP for Bodmin.

Ministry

Booth was

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in 1685 by Bishop John Fell. He was appointed Rector of Satterleigh and Warkleigh in Devon,''Durham Cathedral Library Special Collections''
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on 15 May 1691, in October of the same year Booth was presented to a family advowson as Rector of Thornton-le-Moors in the

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. Seventeen years later, on 20 May 1708, he was promoted

and installed in the cathedral on 20 June 1708. Dr Booth held both

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s until his death on 8 August 1730, aged 68, being buried at

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Styles and titles

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Robert Booth (1662–1685) *

and

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Robert Booth (1685–1691) *

and

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Robert Booth (1691–1708) *

and

Very Reverend The Very Reverend (abbreviated as The Very Revd or The Very Rev) is an honorific style (form of address), style given to certain (primarily Western Christian, Western) Christian clergy and Christian minister, ministers. The definite article "t ...

Robert Booth (1708–1712) *

and

Dr Robert Booth (1712–1730)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, Robert 1662 births 1730 deaths Deans of Bristol Archdeacons of Durham Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford

Younger sons of barons

Early life and family

Ministry

Styles and titles

See also

References