Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

BOOTH, SIR ROBERT GORE, 4 Baronet. _b._ Bath 25 Aug. 1805; succeeded 23 Oct. 1814; sheriff of Sligo 1830; M.P. for Sligo 12 March 1850 to death; chairman of the Musical Union; lord lieutenant of Sligo 7 Dec. 1868. _d._ Lissadell, co. Sligo 21 Dec. 1876. _Burke’s Portrait gallery ii_, 129 (1833). BOOTH, SARAH. _b._ Birmingham early in 1789; a dancer at Manchester about 1804; first appeared in London at Surrey theatre 1810 as Cherry in a burletta founded on the _Beaux Stratagem_; played at Covent Garden 23 Nov. 1810, at the Olympic 19 Dec. 1821, at Drury Lane 2 Feb. 1822, at Haymarket and Adelphi theatres; retired about 1828, last appeared for a benefit at Marylebone theatre 1841. _d._ 39 Queen’s sq. Bloomsbury, London 30 Dec. 1867. _Mrs. C. B. Wilson’s Our actresses i_, 121–7 (1844); _Oxberry’s Dramatic biography iv_, 55–65 (1826), _portrait_; _Theatrical Inquisitor ii_, 69–74 (1813), _portrait_. BOOTH, WILLIAM. Ensign 53 Foot 8 May 1806; lieut. col. 41 Foot 11 July 1837 to 12 Sep. 1843 when placed on h.p.; colonel 15 Foot 10 Nov. 1861 to death; L.G. 27 March 1863. _d._ London 20 April 1868 aged 77. BOOTH, WILLIAM. Deputy commissary general 18 Dec. 1818 to 1824 when placed on h.p.; served in Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands principal clerk of survey at Dublin 1824 to 1856; C.B. 17 Aug.