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.