George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (August 1622 – 8 August 1684), known as Sir George Booth, 2nd Baronet, from 1652 to 1661, was an English peer. He was son of William Booth, the son and heir apparent to Sir George Booth, 1st Baronet, of the ancient family settled at Dunham Massey in Cheshire, by his wife Vere Egerton, daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Egerton. He took an active part in the English Civil War alongside his grandfather, Sir George Booth, 1st Baronet, on the Parliamentarians' side. He was returned to the Long Parliament for Cheshire in 1645, as well as to Oliver Cromwell's Parliaments of 1654 and 1656. In 1655 he was appointed military commissioner 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. However, he was soon liberated and returned to his seat in the Parliament of 1659–1660, as one of the twelve members deputed to carry the message of the Commons to Charles II at The Hague. In July 1660 he received a grant of ??, having refused the larger sum of 20,000 at first offered to him, and on April 20, 1661, on the occasion of the coronation, he was created Baron Delamer, with a licence to nominate six new knights. The same year he was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire. In later years he showed himself staunchly opposed to the reactionary policies of the government. He died on 8 August 1684, and was buried at Bowdon. (via Wikipedia)