Sir Brooke Boothby, 10th Baronet

Sir Brooke Boothby, 10th Baronet (13 November 1856 – 22 January 1913)[1] was a British baronet and diplomat.

Born at Welwyn Rectory in Hertfordshire, he was the son of Sir Brooke Boothby, 9th Baronet.[2] His mother was Martha Serena Boothby, the eldest daughter of Charles, in turn younger son of Sir William Bootby, 7th Baronet.[2] He succeeded his father as baronet in 1865, aged nine.[3] Boothby was educated at Harrow School and joined the Diplomatic Service in 1881.[3] A year later he was advanced to an attaché[4] and in 1884 was gazetted a third secretary.[5] Four years thereafter he was promoted to second secretary.[1]

Boothby was sent as first secretary to Rio de Janeiro in 1898[6] and was transferred to Tokyo as Secretary of Legion in 1901.[7] After a year he appointed to the same position at the embassy in Brussels in August 1902,[8][9] and in 1905 became counsellor of embassy in Vienna.[10] Boothby was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Chile in 1907,[11] but did not proceed there to take up the post, owing to the state of his health.[12]

Boothby died unmarried and childless.[1] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother Charles.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Who was Who (1920), p. 75
  2. ^ a b Fox-Davies (1895), p. 109
  3. ^ a b Cokayne (1903), p. 84
  4. ^ "No. 25068". The London Gazette. 3 February 1882. p. 427.
  5. ^ "No. 25316". The London Gazette. 8 February 1884. p. 584.
  6. ^ "No. 27040". The London Gazette. 6 January 1899. p. 83.
  7. ^ "No. 27373". The London Gazette. 8 November 1901. p. 7221.
  8. ^ "Diplomatic appointments". The Times. No. 36857. London. 27 August 1902. p. 7.
  9. ^ "No. 27473". The London Gazette. 12 September 1902. p. 5888.
  10. ^ "No. 27796". The London Gazette. 19 May 1905. p. 3597.
  11. ^ "No. 28020". The London Gazette. 10 May 1907. p. 3191.
  12. ^ Obituary - Sir Brooke Boothby, The Times, London, 23 January 1913, p.9

References

  • Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). Armorial Families. Edinburgh: Grange Publishing Works.
  • Cokayne, George Edward (1903). The Complete Baronetage. Vol. III. Exeter: William Pollard Co. Ltd.
  • Who was Who, 1897–1916. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1920.
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Brooke Boothby
 Baronet
(of Broadlow Ash)
1865 – 1913 		Succeeded by
Charles Boothby