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] As of 2025 the title is held by his grandson, Sir Douglas Booth, who succeeded his father in 1960. He is a television and film writer living in the United States with his wife and two daughters.[3]

Booth baronets, of Allerton Beeches (1916)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's younger brother Dr Derek Blake Booth (born 1953).[5]

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 and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 427
  4. ^ "Booth, Sir Philip". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ a b "Booth, Sir Douglas Allen". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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