Felix Booth [SEP] place of death
Felix Booth
Sir Felix Booth, 1st Baronet, FRS (16 July 1780 Clerkenwell – 24 January 1850 Brighton, Sussex) was a wealthy British gin distiller, and promoter of Arctic exploration, with various places in Nunavut, Canada being named after him.
Life and family.
Sir Felix Booth's ancestry can be traced back to the 13th century when his family were lords of the manor of Barton, Lancashire. Five generations later, Sir John Booth (1350–1422) wed twice at the Church of St Mary
their son, George Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford. See Earl of Stamford for more information on this branch of the family.
The Booth Baronetcy, of Portland Place in the County of London, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 27 March 1835 for the wealthy gin distiller Sir Felix Booth. This family was descended from the ancient Booth family of Barton, via the Booths of Killingholme, now represented by the Haworth-Booths. This title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1896