The Earl of Warrington | |
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| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
| In office 1689–1690 | |
| Preceded by | SirJohn Ernle |
| Succeeded by | Richard Hampden |
| Member of theEnglish Parliament forCheshire | |
| In office 1678–1685 | |
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| Born | (1652-01-13)13 January 1652 |
| Died | 2 January 1694(1694-01-02) (aged 41) |
| Spouse | Mary Langham |
| Children | George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington |
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Henry Booth, 1st Earl of WarringtonPC (13 January 1652 – 2 January 1694) was aMember of Parliament,Privy Councillor, Protestant protagonist in theRevolution of 1688, Mayor ofChester and author.
Booth was a son ofGeorge Booth,Baron Delamer and Lady Elizabeth Grey.[1] His maternal grandparents wereHenry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford and Anne Cecil, daughter ofWilliam Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter.
Booth served as aMember of Parliament forCheshire in 1678, 1679 and 1679–1681,[1] and was conspicuous for his opposition to Catholics. On 7 July 1670, he married Mary Langham, daughter of Sir James Langham, 2nd Baronet.
At a treason trial in theHouse of Lords in January 1685/6, Delamer was accused of participation in theMonmouth Rebellion, and the presiding judge in the case wasJudge Jeffreys, asLord High Steward, sitting with thirty other peers. The defence secured an acquittal.[2]
During theRevolution of 1688, Booth declared in favour ofWilliam of Orange, and raised an army in Cheshire in support of him. After William was installed as William III, he made Boothchancellor of the exchequer in 1689. He wrote a number of political tracts, which were published after his death asThe Works of the Right Honourable Henry, Late L. Delamer, and Earl of Warrington.[3] He also authored a tract in vindication of his friend,Lord Russel. He was createdEarl of Warrington on 17 April 1690.[1] He became mayor ofChester in October 1691, and died on 2 January 1694.[1]
By his marriage in 1670 to Mary Langham, a daughter of Sir James Langham, 2nd Baronet, Warrington had five children who survived infancy:
In the Dunham Chancel of the Church ofBowdon is a monument placed between two windows on the south side of the chapel, and divided into two tablets; the first of which is inscribed:
"Beneath lieth the body of the right hon'ble Henry Booth, earl of Warrington, and baron Delamer of Dunham Massey, a person of unblemished honour, impartial justice, strict integrity, an illustrious example of steady and unalterable adherence to the liberties and properties of his country in the worst of times, rejecting all offers to allure, and despising all dangers to deter him therefrom, for which he was thrice committed close prisoner to the Tower of London, and at length tried for his life upon a false accusation of high treason, from which he was unanimously acquitted by his peers,on 14 January, MDCLXXX V/VI which day he afterwards annually commemoratedby acts of devotion and charity: in the year MDCLXXXVIII he greatly signalised himself at the Revolution, on behalf of the protestant religion and the rights of the nation,without mixture of self-interest, preferring the good of his country to the favour of the prince who then ascended the throne; and having served his generation according to the will of God was gathered to his fathers in peace, on the 2d of January, 169¾, in the XLIId year of his age, whose mortal part was here entombed on the same memorable day on which eight years before his trial had been."[5]
On the other tablet is inscribed:
"Also rest by him the earthly remains of the r. hon'ble Mary countess of Warrington, his wife, sole daughter and heir of sir James Langham, of Cottesbrooke, in the county of Northamptom, [sic] knt. and bart. a lady of ingenious parts, singular discretion,consummate judgement, great humility, meek and compassionate temper, extensive charity, exemplary and unaffected piety, perfect resignation to God's will, lowly in prosperity and patient in adversity, prudent in her affairs, and endowed with all other virtuous qualities, a conscientious discharger of her duty in all relations, being a faithful, affectionate, and observant, wife, alleviating the cares and afflictions of her husbandby willingly sharing with him therein; a tender, indulgent, and careful mother, a dutiful and respectful daughter, gentle and kind to her servants, courteous and beneficent to her neighbours, a sincere friend, a lover and valuer of all good people,justly beloved and admired by all who knew her, who having perfected holiness in the fear of God, was by him received to an early and eternal rest from her labours, on 23 March 1690/1, in the XXXVIIth year of her age, calmly and composedly meeting and desiring death with joyful hope and steadfastness of faith, a lively draught of real worth and goodness, and a pattern deserving imitation, of whom the world was not worthy. Heb. XI. 38."[5]
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forCheshire 1678–1685 With:Thomas Cholmondeley 1678–1679 Sir Philip Egerton 1679 Sir Robert Cotton, Bt 1679–1685 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Chancellor of the Exchequer 1689–1690 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire 1673–1682 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire 1689–1694 | Vacant Title next held by The Earl Rivers |
| Preceded by | Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire 1689–1694 | |
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| New creation | Earl of Warrington 1st creation 1690–1694 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Baron Delamer 1st creation 1684–1694 | |
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