DELAMERE or DE LA MER, GEORGE BOOTH, IST BARON (1622-1684), son of William Booth, of Dunham Massey in Cheshire, was born in Aug. 1622. He was returned f or Cheshire to the Long Parliament in 1645 and to Cromwell's parlia ments of 1654 and 1656. In 1655 he was appointed military com missioner for Cheshire and treasurer at war. He was one of the excluded members who tried and failed to regain their seats after the fall of Richard Cromwell in 1659. He had for some time been regarded by the Royalists as a well-wisher to their cause, and now became one of the chief leaders of the new "Royalists" who at this time united with the cavaliers to effect the Restoration. A rising was arranged for Aug. 5 in several districts, and Booth took charge of operations in Cheshire, Lancashire and North Wales. He seized Chester on the 19th and marched towards York. The plot, however, had failed in other parts of the country, and Lambert defeated Booth's men at Nantwich Bridge. Booth him self was captured at Newport Pagnell on the 23rd and was im prisoned in the Tower. He was soon liberated, sat in the parlia ment of 1659-60, and was one of the 12 members deputed to carry the message of the Commons to Charles II. at The Hague. In July 166o he received a grant of I1 o,000, and on April 20, 1661, he was created Baron Delamere, with a licence to create six new knights. The same year he was appointed custos rotulorum of Cheshire. He died on Aug. 8, 1684, and was buried at Bowdon.
His second son, HENRY (1652-1694) who succeeded him in the barony, was created earl of Warrington in 169o. He was impli cated in the Rye House Plot (1683), joined William of Orange in 1688, and received many honours from the new king.