Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet

1744–1824 (age 80)

Biography

Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet, born in 1744, was a writer and translator of rare sensibility, a gentleman of letters who championed Rousseau and the ideals of feeling that shaped later Romantic thought.

He used his rank to promote the arts, cultivating gardens, hosting salons, and recording the friendships and natural beauty that he believed elevated the human spirit, leaving verses that still whisper of affection and wonder.

Also buried at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne

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1782–1846 (age 64)
St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne
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St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne
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St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne
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