Booth baronets of Allerton Beeches (1916)

The Booth baronetcy, of Allerton Beeches in the City of Liverpool,[1] was created in the baronetage of the United Kingdom on 24 January 1916 for Sir Alfred Allen Booth, a director of Alfred Booth and Company and chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company.[2] The 1st baronet received a new grant of arms upon being created a baronet during the First World War, later establishing his family's descent from the Booths of Twemlow, Cheshire, cadets of the Booths of Dunham Massey.[3]

As of 2025 the title is held by his grandson, Sir Douglas Booth, who succeeded his father in 1960 as 3rd baronet. A television and film writer, Doug Booth lives in the United States with his wife and two daughters.[4]

Booth baronets, of Allerton Beeches (1916)

The heir presumptive is the present baronet's younger brother Dr Derek Blake Booth (born 1953).[6]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "No. 29483". The London Gazette. 22 February 1916. p. 1946.
  2. ^ a b "Booth, Sir Alfred (Allen)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Burke's Peerage & Baronetage
  4. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 427
  5. ^ "Booth, Sir Philip". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ a b "Booth, Sir Douglas Allen". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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