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Biography of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale 1771-1853

Paternal Family Tree: Bootle-Wilbraham

On 7th March 1771 Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale.

In 1795 Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale was elected MP Westbury.

In 1796 Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme.

On 27th October 1801 [his son] Richard Bootle-Wilbraham was born to Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale.

In 1805 [his daughter] Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham Countess Derby was born to Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale.

On 22nd December 1807 [his son] Edward Bootle-Wilbraham was born to Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale.

In 1812 Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale was elected MP Clitheroe.

In 1818 Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale was elected MP Dover.

On 31st May 1825 [his son-in-law] Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby (age 26) and [his daughter] Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham Countess Derby (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Derby. He the son of Edward Smith-Stanley 13th Earl of Derby (age 50) and Charlotte Margaret Hornby Countess Derby.

On 30th January 1828 Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale was created 1st Baron Skelmersdale in Lancashhire.

On 22nd May 1832 [his son] Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Jessy Brooke were married.

On 5th May 1844 [his son] Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (age 42) died of influenza.

On 3rd April 1853 Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale died. His grandson [his grandson] Edward (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baron Skelmersdale in Lancashhire.