Sir George Booth, Baron Delamer | |
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,_1st_Baron_Delamer_of_Dunham_Massey,_Circle_of_Godfrey_Kneller.jpg) George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer | |
| Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire | |
| In office 1660–1673 | |
| MP for Cheshire | |
| In office 1660–1661 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 December 1622 Dunham Massey Cheshire |
| Died | 8 August 1684 (aged 61) Dunham Massey |
| Resting place | St Mary the Virgin, Bowdon |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Katherine Clinton (1639-1643) Lady Elizabeth Grey (1644-1684) |
| Children | Seven sons, six daughters |
| Parent(s) | Sir William Booth (died 1636); Vere Egerton (died 1629) |
| Occupation | Landowner, soldier, politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  England 1642–1646 |
| Years of service | 1642 to 1646 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | First English Civil War Manchester 1642; Preston 1643; Siege of Chester; Booth's Uprising |
George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (18 December 1622 – 8 August 1684), was an English landowner and politician from Cheshire, who served as an MP from 1646 to 1661, when he was elevated to the House of Lords as Baron Delamer.
A member of the moderate Presbyterian faction that dominated the Long Parliament and many of the pre-war county elites, Booth fought for Parliament during the First English Civil War. He relinquished his commission when elected MP for Cheshire in 1646, a seat he retained throughout the Protectorate.
Suspected of involvement in the 1655 Penruddock uprising to restore Charles II of England, in 1659 he led another attempt known as Booth's Uprising. Intended as part of a larger conspiracy, it was quickly defeated, but Booth escaped punishment and was rewarded with a peerage after the 1660 Stuart Restoration. However, concerns over reforms to the Church of England and use of the Royal Prerogative led him into opposition, and during the 1679 to 1681 Exclusion Crisis, he supported barring the Catholic James from the throne. He died in August 1684 and was succeeded by his son Henry, who briefly served as Chancellor of the Exchequer after the 1688 Glorious Revolution.