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Robert Booth
Robert Booth
Dean of Bristol
Appointed	1708
Term ended	1730
Predecessor	George Royse
Successor	Samuel Creswicke
Other post(s)	Archdeacon of Durham
Previous post(s)	Archdeacon of Durham
Orders
Ordination	1685
Personal details
Born	1662; Dunham Massey, Cheshire
Died	8 August 1730 (aged 68); The Deanery, Bristol
Buried	Bristol Cathedral
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Ann Booth, Mary Hales
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
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Robert Booth (1662–1730), an aristocratic 18th-century Anglican priest, served as Archdeacon of Durham from 1691 and also as Dean of Bristol from 1708.

Early life and family

The 6th son of George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer and Lady Elizabeth Grey, eldest daughter of General the Lord Stamford,^[1]^[2] he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford,^[3] graduating as Master of Arts, before receiving, in 1712, the degree of Doctor of Divinity.^[1] He married twice, firstly to his distant cousin Ann Booth, daughter of Sir Robert Booth, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and his second wife Susannah Oxenden, who bore him one son (Barton Booth), and secondly to Mary Hales, who bore 14 children: their youngest son, Nathaniel Booth, succeeded in 1758 as the 4th and last Baron Delamer.^[1]^[2] His son Robert was MP for Bodmin.

Ministry

Booth was ordained a deacon at Oxford in 1685 by Bishop John Fell.^[4] He was appointed Rector of Satterleigh and Warkleigh in Devon,^[5] then collated Archdeacon of Durham on 15 May 1691,^[6] in October of the same year Booth was presented to a family advowson as Rector of Thornton-le-Moors in the diocese of Chester.^[4] Seventeen years later, on 20 May 1708, he was promoted Dean of Bristol and installed in the cathedral on 20 June 1708.^[7] Dr Booth held both offices until his death on 8 August 1730, aged 68, being buried at Bristol Cathedral.^[6]^[7]

Styles and titles

The Honourable Robert Booth (1662–1685)
The Honourable and Reverend Robert Booth (1685–1691)
The Honourable and Venerable Robert Booth (1691–1708)
The Honourable and Very Reverend Robert Booth (1708–1712)
The Honourable and Very Reverend Dr Robert Booth (1712–1730)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Lundy, Darryl. "Very Rev. Hon. Robert Booth". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Delamer, Baron (E, 1661 – 1770)". Cracroft's Peerage. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Bludworth-Brakell
^ ^a ^b "Booth, Robert (1685–1730) (CCEd Person ID 7925)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
^ Durham Cathedral Library Special Collections
^ ^a ^b Horn, J. M.; Smith, D. M.; Mussett, P. (2004). "Archdeacons of Durham". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses. British History Online. pp. 82–83.
^ ^a ^b Horn, J. M. (1996). "Deans of Bristol". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 8: Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough Dioceses. British History Online. pp. 15–19.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Denis Granville	Archdeacon of Durham 1691–1730	Succeeded by George Sayer
Preceded by George Royse	Dean of Bristol 1708–1730	Succeeded by Samuel Creswicke

[peeragecomp17212-1] Lundy, Darryl. "Very Rev. Hon. Robert Booth". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

[Delamer1661-2] "Delamer, Baron (E, 1661 – 1770)". Cracroft's Peerage. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

[3] Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Bludworth-Brakell

[CCED-4] "Booth, Robert (1685–1730) (CCEd Person ID 7925)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

[5] Durham Cathedral Library Special Collections

[bhodurhamarchdeacons-6] Horn, J. M.; Smith, D. M.; Mussett, P. (2004). "Archdeacons of Durham". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses. British History Online. pp. 82–83.

[bhobristoldeans-7] Horn, J. M. (1996). "Deans of Bristol". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 8: Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough Dioceses. British History Online. pp. 15–19.

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-[[Doctor (title)|Dr]] '''Robert Booth''' (1662–1730), an [[aristocratic]] [[18th-century]] [[Anglican ministry|Anglican clergyman]], served as [[Archdeacon of Durham]] from 1691 and [[Plurality (church governance)|also]] as [[Dean of Bristol]] from 1708.
+'''Robert Booth''' (1662–1730), an [[aristocratic]] 18th-century [[Anglican ministry|Anglican priest]], served as [[Archdeacon of Durham]] from 1691 and [[Plurality (church governance)|also]] as [[Dean of Bristol]] from 1708.
 ==Early life and family==
-The 6th son of [[George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer]] and Lady Elizabeth [[House of Grey|Grey]], eldest daughter of [[Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford|General the Lord Stamford]],<ref name=peeragecomp17212>{{cite web  |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p17212.htm#i172117 |title=Very Rev. Hon. Robert Booth |work=thePeerage.com |accessdate=21 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=Delamer1661>{{cite web |url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Delamer1661.htm |title=Delamer, Baron (E, 1661 - 1770) |work=Cracroft's Peerage |accessdate=21 February 2012}}</ref> he was educated at [[Christ Church, Oxford]], graduating as [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|Master of Arts]], before receiving, in 1712, the [[Academic degree|degree]] of [[Doctor of Divinity]].<ref name=peeragecomp17212/> He married twice, firstly to his distant cousin Ann [[Robert Booth (judge)|Booth]], who bore him one son ([[Barton Booth]]), and secondly to Mary [[Hales baronets|Hales]], who bore 14 children: their youngest son, [[Nathaniel Booth]], succeeded in 1758 as the [[Baron Delamer|4th and last Baron Delamer]].<ref name=peeragecomp17212/><ref name=Delamer1661/>
+The 6th son of [[George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer]] and Lady Elizabeth [[House of Grey|Grey]], eldest daughter of [[Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford|General the Lord Stamford]],<ref name=peeragecomp17212>{{cite web  |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p17212.htm#i172117 |title=Very Rev. Hon. Robert Booth |work=thePeerage.com |access-date=21 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=Delamer1661>{{cite web |url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Delamer1661.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507141822/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Delamer1661.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 May 2010 |title=Delamer, Baron (E, 1661 – 1770) |work=Cracroft's Peerage |access-date=21 February 2012}}</ref> he was educated at [[Christ Church, Oxford]],<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp142-170 Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Bludworth-Brakell]</ref> graduating as [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|Master of Arts]], before receiving, in 1712, the [[Academic degree|degree]] of [[Doctor of Divinity]].<ref name=peeragecomp17212/> He married twice, firstly to his distant cousin Ann Booth, daughter of [[Robert Booth (judge)| Sir Robert Booth]], [[Lord Chief Justice of Ireland]] and his second wife Susannah Oxenden, who bore him one son ([[Barton Booth]]), and secondly to Mary [[Hales baronets|Hales]], who bore 14 children: their youngest son, [[Nathaniel Booth, 4th Baron Delamer|Nathaniel Booth]], succeeded in 1758 as the [[Booth baronets|4th and last Baron Delamer]].<ref name=peeragecomp17212/><ref name=Delamer1661/> His son [[Robert Booth (MP for Bodmin)|Robert]] was MP for Bodmin.
 ==Ministry==
-Booth was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] a [[Anglican ministry#Deacons|deacon]] at [[Oxford Cathedral|Oxford]] in 1685 by [[Bishop]] [[John Fell (bishop)|John Fell]].<ref name="CCED">{{CCEd |type=person |id=7925 |name=Booth, Robert |yob=1685 |yod=1730 |accessed=2 February 2014 }}</ref> He was appointed [[St Peter's Church, Satterleigh|Rector of Satterleigh and Warkleigh]] in [[Devon]],<ref>[http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ark/32150_s2v979v305d.xml ''Durham Cathedral Library Special Collections'']</ref> then collated [[Archdeacon of Durham]] on 15 May 1691,<ref name=bhodurhamarchdeacons>{{Cite book |last1=Horn |first1=J. M. |last2=Smith |first2=D. M. |last3=Mussett |first3=P. |year=2004 |chapterurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35854 |chapter=Archdeacons of Durham |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses |publisher=[[British History Online]] |pages=82–83}}</ref> in October of the same year Booth was presented to a [[Advowson|family advowson]] as [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Thornton-le-Moors]] in the [[diocese of Chester]].<ref name="CCED" /> Seventeen years later, on 20 May 1708, he was promoted [[Dean of Bristol]] and installed in the [[cathedral]] on 20 June 1708.<ref name=bhobristoldeans>{{Cite book |last1=Horn |first1=J. M. |year=1996 |chapterurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35302 |chapter=Deans of Bristol |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 8: Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough Dioceses |publisher=[[British History Online]] |pages=15–19}}</ref> Dr Booth held both [[Incumbent (ecclesiastical)|office]]s until his death on 8 August 1730, aged 68, being buried at [[Bristol Cathedral]].<ref name=bhodurhamarchdeacons/><ref name=bhobristoldeans/>
+Booth was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] a [[Anglican ministry#Deacons|deacon]] at [[Oxford Cathedral|Oxford]] in 1685 by Bishop [[John Fell (bishop)|John Fell]].<ref name="CCED">{{CCEd |type=person |id=7925 |name=Booth, Robert |yob=1685 |yod=1730 |accessed=2 February 2014 }}</ref> He was appointed [[St Peter's Church, Satterleigh|Rector of Satterleigh and Warkleigh]] in Devon,<ref>[http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ark/32150_s2v979v305d.xml ''Durham Cathedral Library Special Collections'']</ref> then collated [[Archdeacon of Durham]] on 15 May 1691,<ref name=bhodurhamarchdeacons>{{Cite book |last1=Horn |first1=J. M. |last2=Smith |first2=D. M. |last3=Mussett |first3=P. |year=2004 |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35854 |chapter=Archdeacons of Durham |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses |publisher=[[British History Online]] |pages=82–83}}</ref> in October of the same year Booth was presented to a [[Advowson|family advowson]] as [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Thornton-le-Moors]] in the [[diocese of Chester]].<ref name="CCED" /> Seventeen years later, on 20 May 1708, he was promoted [[Dean of Bristol]] and installed in the cathedral on 20 June 1708.<ref name=bhobristoldeans>{{Cite book |last1=Horn |first1=J. M. |year=1996 |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35302 |chapter=Deans of Bristol |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 8: Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough Dioceses |publisher=[[British History Online]] |pages=15–19}}</ref> Dr Booth held both [[Incumbent (ecclesiastical)|office]]s until his death on 8 August 1730, aged 68, being buried at [[Bristol Cathedral]].<ref name=bhodurhamarchdeacons/><ref name=bhobristoldeans/>
 ==Styles and titles==
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 * [[The Honourable]] and [[Venerable]] Robert Booth (1691–1708)
 * [[The Honourable]] and [[Very Reverend]] Robert Booth (1708–1712)
-* [[The Honourable]] and [[Very Reverend]] [[Doctor (title)|Dr]] Robert Booth (1712–1730).
+* [[The Honourable]] and [[Very Reverend]] Dr Robert Booth (1712–1730)
 ==See also==
+{{Portal|Christianity}}
-* [[Baron Delamer]]
+* [[Booth baronets|Baron Delamer]]
 ==References==
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+[[Category:Booth family of Dunham Massey|Robert]]
+[[Category:Younger sons of barons]]

v t e Archdeacons of Durham
High Medieval	Sole archdeacons: Leobwine Thurstan Turgot of Durham Michael Senior archdeacons: Robert Wazo Vacant Burchard du Puiset Aimeric Simon de Ferlington William of Laneham Archdeacons of Durham: Robert de Cortuna Robert de Sancta Agatha Antony Bek William of Louth William de St Botulph
Late Medieval	Thomas de Goldesburgh Amaury de Beaumont Robert de Taunton Thomas de Neville William de Westle John de Kyngeston John de Stokes Alexander Neville Giacomo Cardinal Orsini Agapitus Cardinal de Colonna Pileus Cardinal de Prata Marius Cardinal Bulcano John Maundour Hugh Herle Thomas de Weston Alan de Newark John Hovyngham John Kemp Gabriel Cardinal Condulmier Robert Gilbert Robert Rolleston William Scrope George Neville Thomas Rotherham Ralph Booth Thomas Colston Roger Leyburn William Franklyn
Early modern	Bernard Gilpin John Ebden John Pilkington William Morton Gabriel Clark Denis Granville Robert Booth George Sayer Samuel Dickens Benjamin Pye Richard Prosser Charles Thorp
Late modern	Edward Prest Henry Watkins John Quirk, Bishop of Jarrow Samuel Knight, Bishop of Jarrow James Gordon, Bishop of Jarrow Egbert Lucas John Cobham Michael Perry Derek Hodgson Trevor Willmott Stephen Conway Ian Jagger Libby Wilkinson

v t e Deans of Bristol
Early modern	William Snow John Whiteheare George Carew Henry Joliffe John Sprint Anthony Watson Simon Robson Edward Chetwynd Matthew Nicholas Henry Glemham Richard Towgood Samuel Crossman Richard Thompson William Levett George Royse Robert Booth Samuel Creswicke Thomas Chamberlayne William Warburton Samuel Squire Francis Ayscough Cutts Barton John Hallam
Late modern	Charles Layard Bowyer Sparke John Parsons Henry Beeke Thomas Musgrave John Lamb Gilbert Elliot Francis Pigou Basil Wynne Willson Edward Burroughs Henry de Candole Harry Blackburne Evered Lunt Douglas Harrison Horace Dammers Wesley Carr Robert Grimley David Hoyle Mandy Ford