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Bartholomew Booth (c. 1732 - 1786) was a pioneer in American education. Oxford-educated, Booth was consecrated as a priest in the Church of England before becoming a headmaster. Booth opened academies in Liverpool then in Lancashire and Essex.〔Maurice Whitehead, ‘Not inferior to any in this part of our kingdom’: Woolton Academy and the English career of the Reverend Bartholomew Booth ((1993 )).〕 He offered a wide curriculum, broadly following the educational philosophy of Benjamin Franklin, and was a curate for what became the congregation of Saint John's Church (Hagerstown, Maryland). == The Booths of Delamere == The Booths of Dunham Massey were the force behind “the Booth Rebellion” during the Commonwealth. They were also a force in the Restoration.〔The Booth and Grey Families, Grid Ref: SJ 734 873 (Apr. 26, (2010 )).〕 "Old George" Booth and grandson, "young George" Booth were leads in defending the Stuart monarchy. Old George Booth (1572-1652) married three times and died at the age of 80, in 1652. Outliving his son, who died in 1632, he was succeeded by his grandson, Young George. Old George Booth also married heiresses, thereby securing a firm financial base for the family. Marriage to Elizabeth Carrington also brought land southwest of Manchester into the Booth ambit, linking Dunham to Boothstown. Old George built the Elizabethan house at Dunham Massey, making it the family seat. In 1618, Old George received a baronetcy from James the First. The Booths were low church Anglicans, suspect of Charles the First’s and Archbishop Laud’s high church reforms. They supported Parliament (1642), but became disaffected with the Cromwellian Protectorate. Young George was excluded from Parliament in Pride’s Purge (1648) due to his preferred negotiations with the king. Both George’s retired to Dunham to tend their lands. Old George died in 1652, l have secured the family’s future with marriages, land, and a hereditary title. After Oliver Cromwell’s death and Richard Cromwell’s resignation, Young George moved into rebellion. He publicly backed the idea of Parliamentary supremacy knowing that once called, Parliament would restore the Monarchy. He made common cause with royalists such as Peter Leicester of Tabley. Booth’s co-conspirator at Chirk Castle erred in calling directly for Restoration. Booth’s Rebellion was put down. Following Wade’s march on London the next year, a decision was made to invite Charles Stuart to return. Young George Booth in the delegation to the Hague to approach the pretender. Because he was not in league with the regicides, George Booth was rewarded with the title “Lord Delamere.” Booth disliked the frivolity of the Restoration court. The first recorded use "Lord (Baron) Delamere" was in 1661, when Charles the Second (1660–1685) elevated George Booth (1622–1684) for loyalty to the Crown. Old George resided in northern Chester, England at Dunham Massey Hall. His heir was Henry Booth. Henry Booth, 2nd Lord Delamere and Earl of Warrington (1652–1694), was a proponent of the Protestant cause during the Glorious Revolution, for which he was three times committed to the Tower of London based on evidence, in part, from Nathaniel Wade.〔Thomas Worthington Barlow, Cheshire, Illustrated in Biographical Sketches (1852) at (); compare Burke’s Peerage at (71 ) (The Delamere connection not being entirely clear.)〕 Henry Booth was a ‘whig Jacobite,’ later noted for his centrist approach focused on the liberties of Parliament.〔Mark Knights, Uncovering a Jacobite Whig? Uncovering the Commonwealth Principles of Henry Booth, 1st Earl Warrington, Parliamentary History (Feb. 3, (2009 )).〕 Being low church, both Young George and his heir favored Monmouth over James the Second. They were suspected of complicity in the Rye House Plot. Old George Booth died in 1684. The 2nd Lord Delamere was then accused of treason following the Monmouth Rebellion. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London. The family pawned the Booth silver to fund his legal defense. The case did not come to trial. No evidence was found against him. The 2nd Lord Delamere returned to Cheshire. In 1688, William of Orange landed. The 2nd Lord formed a regiment and rallied the Cheshire gentry to support William and Mary. They marched, joined William and, in gratitude, the pretender made the 2nd Lord Delamere “Earl of Warrington.” Lord Delamere was also one of three Peers taking audience with James the Second, asking him to abdicate the throne. He then returned to Cheshire, became Lord Lieutenant and organised the army for its expedition to Ireland. James was defeated in 1690 at the Battle of the Boyne. However, by this stage, the Booth family were in financial difficulty. In 1694, the first Earl Warrington died with £50,000 of mortgages. The 2nd Earl needed to marry well. John Oldbury made a fortune in the East India Trade. Oldbury had no son, but did have two daughters. He was eager to marry them into the aristocracy. They Oldbury girls reputed to be worth £40,000 apiece. Warrington married Mary Oldbury, but the two were not temperamentally suited. Mary was neither well educated nor refined. Warrington was reserved and shy. They lived at opposite ends of the manor, but were together long to enough to have one child, Mary Booth. To prevent alienation, he created an estate so that her mother’s wealth would be inherited by Mary’s children. Mary Booth married the Earl of Stamford, Henry Grey. Mary administered her own financial affairs. The 2nd Lord Delamere had a son named George (1688–1758) who became Earl of Warrington and 3rd Lord Delamere. The Earldom went extinct (1758) upon the death of 3rd Lord Delamere. He had no male heir. Earldoms only pass to direct male descendants. The 3rd Lord Delamere’s brother Nathaniel did take up the title as the 4th Lord Delamere. But this title also became extinct on Nathaniel’s death in 1770. Nathaniel’s son, also named Henry (1710–1784), refused to take up the title Lord Delamere for personal reasons. This Henry Booth was entitled “Lord Delamere,” but he had no legitimate children. He refused to claim the Title, and the barony of Delamere terminated, reverting to the Crown. Bartholomew Booth was thought to be the son of this Henry’s illegitimate brother.〔See generally, Delamere Education (March 10, (2011 )).〕 Reverend Booth was nephew to Lord Henry Booth, Earl Delamere.〔Thomas John Chew Williams n& Folger McKinsey, 1 History of Frederick County, Maryland (1910) at (328-328 ).〕 Booth’s cousin and the Earl’s daughter, Lady Mary Booth, succeeded to the Delamere estate and married Earl Stamford. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bartholomew Booth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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