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3 unusual facts about Boothby baronets


Boothby baronets

The Boothbys left Broadlow Ash when the first Baronet purchased Ashbourne Hall from Sir Aston Cockayne in about 1671.

Evelyn Leonard Beridge Boothby (1876–1937), son of Colonel Basil Charles Boothby (who was seriously wounded at the Battle of Alma during the Crimean War and had to have his leg amputated), fourth son of Reverend Charles Boothby (who at a young age fought in the Battle of Talavera where he lost a leg and was taken prisoner by the French), third son of the seventh Baronet, was also a Captain in the Royal Navy.

Fonmon Castle

Fonmon is still a private residence and the present owners, the Boothby baronets, are descendants of Colonel Philip Jones, who bought the house in 1656.



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