The Booth baronetcy, of Dunham Massey in the County of Chester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 May 1611 for Sir George Booth, High Sheriff of both Lancashire and Cheshire. The Booths were one of the initial 18 families raised to the baronetage by James I in 1611. [1]
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- Booth baronets, of Dunham Massey (1611)
- Barons Delamer (1661)
- Earls of Warrington (1690)
- Barons Delamer (1661) 2
- Booth baronets, of Dunham Massey
- Extended family
- Notes
The 2nd Baronet was his grandson, also George; and in 1661 he was raised to the Peerage of England as Baron Delamer, of Dunham Massey in the County of Chester. On his death the title passed to his eldest surviving son, Henry, the 2nd Baron; he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1689 and 1690 and on 17 April 1690 he was created Earl of Warrington in the Peerage of England. The earldom became extinct on the death of his son, the 2nd Earl, in 1758. [1]
The baronetcy and barony then devolved to the late Earl's first cousin, the 4th Baron. He was the son of Dr Robert Booth, Dean of Bristol, younger son of the first Baron. On his death in 1770 the barony became extinct. [1] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second cousin, the 6th Baronet: the Reverend Sir George Booth. He was the grandson of Nathaniel Booth, younger brother of the 1st Baron. The baronetcy became dormant on his death in 1797. [2]
