Robert Booth (priest)

The Very Reverend and Honourable Robert Booth MA, DD


Dean of Bristol
In office 1708–1730
Preceded by	George Royse
Succeeded by	Samuel Creswick
Archdeacon of Durham
In office 1691–1730
Preceded by	Denis Granville
Succeeded by	George Sayer
Personal details
Born	Robert Booth 1662
Died	8 August 1730 (aged 68)
Resting place	Bristol Cathedral
Nationality	English
Spouse(s)	(1) Ann Booth (2) Mary Hales
Children	10 sons and 5 daughters
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Religion	Church of England

Robert Booth (1662–1730) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of England as Archdeacon of Durham (1691–1730) and Dean of Bristol (1708–1730).

Early life and family

Robert Booth was the son of George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer and Lady Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford.^[1]^[2] He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating as a Master of Arts and later received the degree of Doctor of Divinity.^[1] He married twice, firstly to his distant cousin Ann Booth, who bore him one son, and secondly to Mary Hales, who bore 14 children, the youngest son being Nathaniel Booth, 4th Baron Delamer.^[1]^[2]

Booth was ordained deacon at Oxford in 1685 by Bishop John Fell.^[3] He was appointed Archdeacon of Durham on 15 May 1691.^[4] In October of the same year he was installed as Rector of Thornton-le-Moors (diocese of Chester).^[3] Seventeen years later, on 20 May 1708, he was appointed Dean of Bristol and was installed at Bristol Cathedral on 20 June 1708.^[5] He held both offices until his death on 8 August 1730, aged 68, and was buried in Bristol Cathedral.^[4]^[5]

1 2 3 Lundy, Darryl. "Very Rev. Hon. Robert Booth". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
1 2 "Delamer, Baron (E, 1661 - 1770)". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
1 2 Persons: Booth, Robert (1685–1730) in "CCEd, the Clergy of the Church of England database" (Accessed online, 2 February 2014)
1 2 Horn, J. M.; Smith, D. M.; Mussett, P. (2004). "Archdeacons of Durham". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses. British History Online. pp. 82–83.
1 2 Horn, J. M. (1996). "Deans of Bristol". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 8: Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough Dioceses. British History Online. pp. 15–19.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Denis Granville	Archdeacon of Durham 1691–1730	Succeeded by George Sayer
Preceded by George Royse	Dean of Bristol 1708–1730	Succeeded by Samuel Creswick

Archdeacons of Durham

High Medieval	Sole archdeacons: Leobwine Thurstan Turgot of Durham Michael Senior archdeacons: Robert Wazo Vacant Burchard du Puiset Aimeric Simon de Ferlington William of Laneham Archdeacons of Durham: Robert de Cortuna Robert de Sancta Agatha Antony Bek William of Louth William de St Botulph

Late Medieval	Thomas de Goldesburgh Amaury de Beaumont Robert de Taunton Thomas de Neville William de Westle John de Kyngeston John de Stokes Alexander Neville Giacomo Cardinal Orsini Agapitus Cardinal de Colonna Pileus Cardinal de Prata Marius Cardinal Bulcano John Maundour Hugh Herle Thomas de Weston Alan de Newark John Hovyngham John Kemp Gabriel Cardinal Condulmier Robert Gilbert Robert Rolleston William Scrope George Neville Thomas Rotherham Ralph Booth Thomas Colston Roger Leyburn William Franklyn

Early modern	Bernard Gilpin John Ebden John Pilkington William Morton Gabriel Clark Denis Granville Robert Booth George Sayer Samuel Dickens Benjamin Pye Richard Prosser Charles Thorp

Late modern	Edward Prest Henry Watkins John Quirk, Bishop of Jarrow Samuel Knight, Bishop of Jarrow James Gordon, Bishop of Jarrow Egbert Lucas John Cobham Michael Perry Derek Hodgson Trevor Willmott Stephen Conway Ian Jagger

Deans of Bristol

Early modern	William Snow John Whiteheare/Whythere George Carew Henry Joliffe John Sprint Anthony Watson Simon Robson Edward Chetwynd Matthew Nicholas Henry Glemham Richard Towgood Samuel Crossman Richard Thompson William Levett George Royse The Hon Robert Booth Samuel Creswick Thomas Chamberlayne William Warburton Samuel Squire Francis Ayscough Cutts Barton John Hallam

Late modern	Charles Layard Bowyer Sparke John Parsons Henry Beeke Thomas Musgrave John Lamb Gilbert Elliot Francis Pigou Wynne Willson Edward Burroughs Henry de Candole Harry Blackburne Evered Lunt Douglas Harrison Horace Dammers Wesley Carr Robert Grimley David Hoyle

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