Alfred Allen Booth
Sir Alfred Booth | |
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 Sir Alfred Booth with his daughter Sylvia | |
| Born | 17 September 1872 |
| Died | 13 March 1948 |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Shipowner |
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| Parent(s) | Alfred Booth Lydia Allen Butler |
Sir Alfred Allen Booth, 1st Baronet (17 September 1872 – 13 March 1948) was a British businessman and shipowner. A scion of the Booths of Dunham Massey, Cheshire, his great-grandfather moved to Liverpool in the mid-18th century.
Booth was created a baronet in 1916 by Prime Minister H. H. Asquith for supporting Britain's war effort and services to industry.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Born on 17 September 1872, the son of Alfred Booth and Lydia Allen Butler.[1] His maternal grandfather was Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795 – 8 November 1858), who served as the 12th Attorney General of the United States from 1833 to 1838.[2]
Booth was educated at Harrow School, before going up to King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated as Master of Arts.[2][1]
Career
[edit]Booth served on the board of directors of the Cunard Steamship Company (now a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc) and the Alfred Booth and Company. On 24 January 1916 he was honoured with a baronetcy, under the territorial designation of Allerton Beeches, City of Liverpool.[3][2][4]
Sir Alfred received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) from Liverpool University.[2]
Personal life
[edit]On 15 December 1903 Booth married firstly Mary Blake Dwight. On 9 November 1925 he married secondly Margaret Lucy Brightwen.[1] They had two sons, Sir Philip Booth, 2nd Baronet, (1907–1960) and Major Edmund Booth (1908–1985) and one daughter, Sylvia Emily Booth (1905–1968). Sir Alfred died on 13 March 1948.[2]
He was a cousin of fellow shipping magnate Paul Crompton, who, along with his wife and children, died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Booth, Sir Alfred (Allen), (17 Sept. 1872–13 March 1948), sometime Chairman of Cunard Steamship Ltd; Director of Alfred Booth & Co., Ltd". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u222812. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 427
- ^ "No. 29483". The London Gazette. 22 February 1916. p. 1946.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage: With Her Majesty's Royal Warrant Holders, Debrett's, 1990, p. 103 [1]
- ^ www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk