George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (August 1622 – 8 August 1684), known as Sir George Booth, 2nd Baronet, from 1652 to 1661, was an English

England

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 peer.

Civil War

George Booth was son of William Booth, the son and heir apparent to Sir George Booth, 1st Baronet

Booth Baronets

There have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Booth, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2010...

, of the ancient family settled at Dunham Massey

Dunham Massey

Dunham Massey is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The parish includes the villages of Sinderland Green, Dunham Woodhouse and Dunham Town, along with Dunham Massey Park, formerly the home of the last Earl of Stamford and owned by the National Trust...

 in Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

, by his wife Vere Egerton, daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Egerton. He took an active part in the English Civil War

English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...

 alongside his grandfather, Sir George Booth, 1st Baronet on the Parliamentarians' side. He was returned to the Long Parliament

Long Parliament

The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...

 as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Cheshire

Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Cheshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentiary constituency for the county of Cheshire. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.As a county...

 in 1645.

Interregnum

George Booth was nominated to the Barebones Parliament

Barebones Parliament

Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...

 for Cheshire in 1653 and was elected MP for Cheshire in the First Protectorate Parliament

First Protectorate Parliament

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 in 1654 and in the Second Protectorate Parliament

Second Protectorate Parliament

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 in 1656. In 1655 he was appointed military commissioner

Commissioner

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 for Cheshire and treasurer

Treasurer

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 at war. He was one of the excluded members who tried and failed to regain their seats in the restored Rump Parliament after the fall of Richard Cromwell

Richard Cromwell

At the same time, the officers of the New Model Army became increasingly wary about the government's commitment to the military cause. The fact that Richard Cromwell lacked military credentials grated with men who had fought on the battlefields of the English Civil War to secure their nation's...

 in 1659.

He had for some time been regarded by the Royalists

Cavalier

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 as a well-wisher to their cause, and was described to the king in May 1659 as "very considerable in his county

County

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, a Presbyterian in opinion, yet so moral a man. . . I think your Majesty

Majesty

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 may safely on him and his promises which are considerable and hearty". He thus became one of the chief leaders of the new Royalists who united with the Cavaliers to effect the Restoration

English Restoration

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.

Uprising

An uprising was arranged for 5 August in several districts, and Booth took charge of operations in Cheshire, Lancashire

Lancashire

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 and North Wales

North Wales

North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...

. After gaining control of Chester

Chester

Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...

 on the 19th, he issued a proclamation declaring that "arms had been taken up in vindication of the freedom of Parliament, of the known laws, liberty and property", and then marched towards York

York

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. The plot, however, was known to John Thurloe

John Thurloe

John Thurloe was a secretary to the council of state in Protectorate England and spymaster for Oliver Cromwell.-Life:...

. Having been foiled in other parts of the country, Lambert

John Lambert (general)

John Lambert was an English Parliamentary general and politician. He fought during the English Civil War and then in Oliver Cromwell's Scottish campaign , becoming thereafter active in civilian politics until his dismissal by Cromwell in 1657...

's advancing forces defeated Booth's men at the battle of Winnington Bridge near Nantwich

Nantwich

Nantwich is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The town gives its name to the parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich...

. Booth himself escaped disguised as a woman, but was discovered at Newport Pagnell

Newport Pagnell

Newport Pagnell is a town in the Borough of Milton Keynes , England. It is separated by the M1 motorway from Milton Keynes itself, though part of the same urban area...

 on the 23rd whilst having a shave, and was imprisoned in the Tower of London

Tower of London

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.

Restoration

However, he was soon liberated and returned to his seat in the Convention Parliament in 1660. He was one of the twelve members deputed to carry the message of the House of Commons to Charles II

Charles II of England

Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...

 at The Hague

The Hague

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. In July 1660 he received a grant of £10,000 according to the House of Commons Journal for 30 July 1660, having refused the larger sum of £20,000 at first offered to him, and on 20 April 1661, on the occasion of the coronation

Coronation

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, he was created Baron Delamer

Baron Delamer

Baron Delamer is a title that has been created twice in British history, in 1661 and 1796 respectively. For information on the 1661 creation, see Booth Baronets. For information on the 1796 creation, see Earl of Stamford....

, with a licence to nominate six new knights. The same year he was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire

Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire

This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire.* Richard Sampson, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield bef. 1544–1547* Sir Thomas Holcroft 1548–1558* Richard Harpour 1558–?* William Gerard bef. 1564 – bef. 1573...

.

In later years he showed himself staunchly opposed to the reactionary policies of the government. He died on 8 August 1684, and was buried at Bowdon

Bowdon, Greater Manchester

Bowdon is a suburban village and electoral ward in the Altrincham area of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England.-History:...

.

Family

Booth's first marriage was to Catherine, daughter and co-heir of Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln

Earl of Lincoln

Earl of Lincoln is a title that has been created eight times in the Peerage of England.-Earls of Lincoln, First Creation :*William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Lincoln and 1st Earl of Arundel Earl of Lincoln is a title that has been created eight times in the Peerage of England.-Earls of Lincoln, First...

, with whom he had one daughter. After the death of hist first wife he married Lady Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford

Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford

Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford , known as the Lord Grey of Groby from 1614 to 1628, was an English nobleman and military leader. He was the eldest son of Sir John Grey and Elizabeth Nevill...

, by whom, besides five daughters, he had seven sons, the second of whom, Henry

Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington

Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington was a Member of Parliament, Privy Councillor, Protestant protagonist in the Revolution of 1688, Mayor of Chester and author.-Life:...

, succeeded him in the Booth titles and estates and who was later created Earl of Warrington

Earl of Warrington

Earl of Warrington is a title that has been created twice in British history, in 1690 and 1796 respectively. For information on the 1690 creation, see Booth Baronets. For information on the 1796 creation, see Earl of Stamford....

. Although this earldom became extinct on the death of the 2nd Earl in 1758, the Booth Barony of Delamer carried on another generation, only becoming extinct upon the 4th Baron's death in 1770. The Booths' even older title of Baronet

Baronet

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 then devolved upon a distant cousin, the Rev.

The Reverend

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 George Booth, Rector

Rector

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 of Ashton

Ashton-under-Lyne

Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it lies on the north bank of the River Tame, on undulating land at the foothills of the Pennines...

, although the family's representation in the House of Lords

House of Lords

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 had ceased; the Delamer title was later recreated in 1821 for the Cholmondeley

Baron Delamere

Baron Delamere, of Vale Royal in the County of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1821 for Thomas Cholmondeley, a former Member of Parliament for Cheshire...

 family, kinsmen of the Marquesses of Cholmondeley

David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley

David George Philip Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, KCVO, DL , was styled from birth Viscount Malpas until 1968, and subsequently Earl of Rocksavage until 1990...

 and the Cholmeley Baronets

Cholmeley Baronets

There have been two Baronetcies created for people with the surname Cholmeley, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2008....

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Name	Birth	Death	Notes
By Catherine Clinton Catherine Clinton Catherine Clinton is Professor of History at Queen's University Belfast. She specializes in American History, with an emphasis on the history of the South....
Vere Booth	19 July 1643	14 November 1717
By Elizabeth Gray Elizabeth Gray Elizabeth Gray is a Canadian radio broadcaster, who has been a host and documentary producer for CBC Radio.Previously a researcher on Cross-Country Checkup and a substitute host on This Country in the Morning and Morningside, Gray took over from Barbara Frum as cohost of As It Happens in 1981.In a...
Diana Booth	16??	7 October 1713	married 1677, Admiral Sir Ralph Delaval, 2nd Baronet Ralph Delaval Admiral Sir Ralph Delaval was an English naval admiral.He was a member of a junior branch of the Delaval family of Seaton Delaval, Northumberland... ; married 21 October 1699, Sir Edward Blackett, 2nd Baronet Sir Edward Blackett, 2nd Baronet Sir Edward Blackett, 2nd Baronet was a baronet and a member of the British House of Commons representing Ripon and Northumberland.Blackett was the eldest surviving son of William Blackett and his wife Elizabeth Kirkley...
George Booth George Booth George Booth V, pen name George Booth is a New Yorker cartoonist.-Biography:Born in Cainsville, Missouri, he was the son of schoolteachers; his mother was also a musician and fine artist and cartoonist, and his father became a school administrator in Fairfax, Missouri, where Booth grew up on a...	16??	1726
Elizabeth Booth Elizabeth Booth Elizabeth Booth was a resident of Salem, Massachusetts who in 1692 during the Salem Witch Trials accused John Proctor of serial murder, leading to his execution for witchcraft.-References:...	16??	4 July 1681	married Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway PC, FRS was an English peer and politician who served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department between 1681 and 1683.-Life:... ; no issue
Charles Booth Charles Booth Charles Booth is the name of:*Charles Booth , Tudor bishop of Hereford*Charles Booth , English footballer*Charles Booth , British philanthropist best known for his surveys of poverty in London...
Cecil Booth	16??	16 May 1711
Ann Booth	Died young
Jane Booth
Sophia Booth
William Booth William Booth William Booth was a British Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army and became its first General...	17 April 1648	1662
Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington was a Member of Parliament, Privy Councillor, Protestant protagonist in the Revolution of 1688, Mayor of Chester and author.-Life:...	13 Jan 1652	2 Jan 1693/94
Rev. Robert Booth	1662	8 Aug 1730
Nevill Booth	1667	1685