Background
He was the fourth son of John Booth of London and his wife Anne Lloyd of Liverpool. Booth married Jane Salwey, daughter of Richard Salwey of Moor Park, Shropshire and an heiress, in 1760.
He was the fourth son of John Booth of London and his wife Anne Lloyd of Liverpool. Booth married Jane Salwey, daughter of Richard Salwey of Moor Park, Shropshire and an heiress, in 1760.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, in 1772. Another daughter, Elizabeth Mary, was a pupil of John Opie, who asked to marry her in 1797, and was refused. The third daughter was Jane.
The large collection of works by Richard Wilson put together by Booth was still in the Ford family in the 20th century.
Etchings of some of the works were published in an 1825 book by Thomas Hastings.
Royal Society.