George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington
Encyclopedia
Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington
Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington was a Member of Parliament, Privy Councillor, Protestant protagonist in the Revolution of 1688, Mayor of Chester and author.-Life:...
by his wife Mary, the daughter and sole heiress of Sir James Langham
Sir James Langham, 2nd Baronet
Sir James Langham, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1662.Langham was the son of Sir John Langham, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Bunce....
, Bart
Langham Baronets
The Langham Baronetcy, of Cottesbrooke in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 7 June 1660 for John Langham, Member of Parliament for the City of London in 1654 and for Southwark in 1660 and 1661. The second Baronet was Member of Parliament for...
. As the eldest surviving son, he inherited the title of Earl of Warrington
Earl of Warrington
Earl of Warrington is a title that has been created twice in British history, in 1690 and 1796 respectively. For information on the 1690 creation, see Booth Baronets. For information on the 1796 creation, see Earl of Stamford....
on his father's death in 1693. He married in 1702 Mary, elder daughter of John Oldbury, a merchant, of St Dunstan's in the East, by his wife, Mary Bohun
Bohun
-The Anglo-Norman Bohun family:* Eleanor de Bohun elder sister and co-heiress of Mary de Bohun* Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford , a Norman-English nobleman...
. Upon his death, the Earldom of Warrington became extinct, whilst the family titles of Baron Delamer
Baron Delamer
Baron Delamer is a title that has been created twice in British history, in 1661 and 1796 respectively. For information on the 1661 creation, see Booth Baronets. For information on the 1796 creation, see Earl of Stamford....
and the Baronetcy created in 1611 devolved upon his cousin, Nathaniel Booth. However his only daughter, Lady Mary Booth, the wife of Henry Grey
Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford
Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford was an English peer, styled Lord Grey from 1720 to 1739.Harry Grey was born in Enville Hall, the eldest son of Henry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford. He was educated at Rugby and Westminster. In 1736, he married Lady Mary Booth, the only daughter and heiress of George...
, 4th Earl of Stamford
Earl of Stamford
Earl of Stamford was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1628 for Henry Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Groby. This Grey family descended through Lord John Grey, of Pirgo, Essex, younger son of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, and younger brother of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk Earl...
, inherited all the Booth estates, including Dunham Massey
Dunham Massey
Dunham Massey is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The parish includes the villages of Sinderland Green, Dunham Woodhouse and Dunham Town, along with Dunham Massey Park, formerly the home of the last Earl of Stamford and owned by the National Trust...
. Their son
George Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford
George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford , styled Lord Grey from 1739 to 1768, was an English nobleman....
was created Earl of Warrington
Earl of Stamford
Earl of Stamford was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1628 for Henry Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Groby. This Grey family descended through Lord John Grey, of Pirgo, Essex, younger son of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, and younger brother of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk Earl...