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George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer

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An uprising was arranged for 5 August 1659 in several districts, and Booth received a commission from Charles II to assume command of the revolutionary forces in Lancashire, Cheshire, and North Wales.
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on the 19 August, he issued a proclamation declaring that "arms had been taken up in vindication of the freedom of Parliament, of the known laws, liberty and property", and then marched towards
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may safely on him and his promises which are considerable and hearty". He thus became one of the chief leaders of the new Royalists who united with the Cavaliers to effect the
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In later years he showed himself staunchly opposed to the reactionary policies of the government. He died on 8 August 1684, and was buried in the Booth Chapel at
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at war. He was one of the excluded members who tried and failed to regain their seats in the restored Rump Parliament after the fall of
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as a well-wisher to their cause, and was described to the King in May 1659 as "very considerable in his
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implies that the battle took place near Nantwich—Winnington Bridge is about a mile from Northwich.(
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An Act for enabling of Sir George Booth Baronet to make Leases and Sales of Part of his Estate.
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Kelsey, Sean (January 2006) . "Booth, George, first Baron Delamer (1622–1684)".
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Booth's first marriage was to Lady Catherine Clinton, daughter and co-heir of
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in 1660. He was one of the twelve members deputed to carry the message of the
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of Delamer carried on another generation, only becoming extinct upon the
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from the throne. He died in August 1684 and was succeeded by his son
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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However, Booth was soon liberated and returned to his seat in the
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on the 23 August whilst having a shave, and was imprisoned in the
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A member of the moderate Presbyterian faction that dominated the
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Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Lancashire
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Helms, M. W.; Hampson, Gillian; Henning, Basil Duke (1983).
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The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660–1690
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and Margaret Assheton. Sir William Booth was the son and
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and many of the pre-war county elites, Booth fought for
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Sir William Booth (died 1636); Vere Egerton (died 1629)
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The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester
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had ceased. The Delamer title was later recreated (as
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in opinion, yet so moral a man ... I think Your
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led him into opposition, and during the 1679 to 1681
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George Booth (disambiguation)
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Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire
Cheshire
Dunham Massey
Cheshire
Dunham Massey
St Mary the Virgin, Bowdon
England
Colonel
First English Civil War
Siege of Chester
Booth's Uprising
Cheshire
MP
House of Lords
Baron Delamer
Long Parliament
Parliament
First English Civil War
Cheshire
Protectorate
Penruddock uprising
Charles II of England
Booth's Uprising
Stuart Restoration
Church of England
Royal Prerogative
Exclusion Crisis

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