BOOTH, JUNIUS BRUTUS (_son of Richard Booth of Queen st. Bloomsbury, London, attorney who d. 1840 aged 76_). _b._ St. Pancras, London 1 May 1796; made his début on the stage at Peckham as Campillo in _The Honeymoon_ 13 Dec. 1813; played in Belgium and Holland 1814 and 1826, and at Covent Garden 1815; acted in the provinces 1818 and at Drury Lane 7 Aug. 1820 to 13 Jany. 1821; went to the United States April 1821; appeared at Park theatre New York 2 Oct. 1821; managed the Camp theatre New Orleans 1828; played at Drury Lane, Surrey and Sadler’s Wells theatres 1836–7; lived on his farm at Bel Air 30 miles from Baltimore 1842 to death; made his last appearance at St. Charles theatre New Orleans 19 Nov. 1852. _d._ on board the J. S. Chenoweth between New Orleans and Cincinnati 30 Nov. 1852. _bur._ in Greenmount cemetery Baltimore 11 Dec. _The elder and the younger Booth by A. B. Clarke_ (1882) 1–116, 3 _portraits_; _Memoirs of J. B. Booth_ (1817), _portrait_; _The tragedian by T. R. Gould_ (1868), _portrait_; _Phelps’s Players of a century_ (1880); _T. A. Brown’s History of the American stage_ (1870) 40, _portrait_. NOTE.—His son John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln, pres. of the U.S. at Ford’s theatre, Washington, Good Friday 14 April 1865, he was himself shot near Bowling Green 26 April. BOOTH, RICHARD (_brother of John Booth who d. 7 July 1857_). Breeder of shorthorns at Studley farm, Yorkshire 1814–34 when he sold his herd; breeder at Warlaby, Yorkshire 1835 to death; gained many medals and prizes at cattle shows. _d._ Warlaby 31 Oct. 1864 aged 76. _Saddle and Sirloin by the Druid_ (1870) 195–207. BOOTH, SIR ROBERT GORE, 4 Baronet. _b._ Bath 25 Aug. 1805; succeeded 23 Oct. 1814; sheriff of Sligo 1830; M.P. for Sligo 12 March 1850 to death; chairman of the Musical Union; lord lieutenant of Sligo 7 Dec. 1868. _d._ Lissadell, co. Sligo 21 Dec. 1876. _Burke’s Portrait gallery ii_, 129 (1833). BOOTH, SARAH. _b._ Birmingham early in 1789; a dancer at Manchester about 1804; first appeared in London at Surrey theatre 1810 as Cherry in a burletta founded on the _Beaux Stratagem_; played at Covent Garden 23 Nov. 1810, at the Olympic 19 Dec. 1821, at Drury Lane 2 Feb. 1822, at Haymarket and Adelphi theatres; retired about 1828, last appeared for a benefit at Marylebone theatre 1841. _d._ 39 Queen’s sq. Bloomsbury, London 30 Dec. 1867. _Mrs. C. B. Wilson’s Our actresses i_, 121–7 (1844); _Oxberry’s Dramatic biography iv_, 55–65 (1826), _portrait_; _Theatrical Inquisitor ii_, 69–74 (1813), _portrait_. BOOTH, WILLIAM. Ensign 53 Foot 8 May 1806; lieut. col. 41 Foot 11 July 1837 to 12 Sep. 1843 when placed on h.p.; colonel 15 Foot 10 Nov. 1861 to death; L.G. 27 March 1863. _d._ London 20 April 1868 aged 77.