Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom

Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom GCB PC (December 12, 1837–November 19, 1898), was a British Conservative politician.

[edit] Political career

Lathom was the son of Hon. Richard Bootle-Wilbraham, MP, eldest son of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale. He succeeded his grandfather as 2nd Baron Skelmersdale in 1853 and took his seat in the House of Lords on his 21st birthday in 1858. He served in the Conservative administrations of Benjamin Disraeli as a Government Whip from 1866 to 1868, and then as Conservative Chief Whip in the Lords, serving in that capacity as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1874 to 1880. He was admitted to the Privy Council in 1874 and in 1880 he was created Earl of Lathom. Lord Lathom later held office under Lord Salisbury as Lord Chamberlain of the Household from 1885 to 1886, from 1886 to 1892 and from 1895 to 1898.

Lord Lathom married Lady Alice Villiers, daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, on 16 August 1860. They had nine children:

Edward George Bootle-Wilbraham, 2nd Earl of Lathom (1864-1910), married 1889 to Lady Wilma Pleydell-Bouverie, daughter of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor.
Hon. Villiers Richard Bootle-Wilbraham, born abt. 1867, married 1900 to Violet Inez de Romero
Hon. Randle Arthur Bootle-Wilbraham, born abt. 1868
Hon. Reginald Francis Bootle-Wilbraham, born abt. 1875, married 1903 to Lilian Mary Holt, daughter of Maj. William Lyster Holt
Lady Alice Maud Bootle-Wilbraham, O.B.E.
Lady Constance Adela Bootle-Wilbraham, married Onorato Caetani, Duke of Sermoneta
Lady Bertha Mabel Bootle-Wilbraham, married 1903 to Maj. Arthur Frederick Dawkins, son of Clinton G. A. Dawkins, and has issue
Lady Edith C. Bootle-Wilbraham
Lady Florence Mary Bootle-Wilbraham (d. 1944), married Rt. Rev. Lord Rupert Gascoyne-Cecil, Bishop of Exeter, son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury and had issue.

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Party political offices
Preceded by The Lord Colville of Culross	Conservative Chief Whip in the House of Lords c. 1870–1885	Succeeded by The Earl of Kintore
Political offices
Preceded by The Duke of St Albans	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1874–1880	Succeeded by The Lord Monson
Preceded by The Earl of Bessborough	Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords 1874–1880	Succeeded by The Lord Monson
Preceded by The Earl of Kenmare	Lord Chamberlain 1885–1886	Succeeded by The Earl of Kenmare
Preceded by The Earl of Kenmare	Lord Chamberlain 1886–1892	Succeeded by Lord Carrington
Preceded by The Lord Carrington	Lord Chamberlain 1895–1898	Succeeded by The Earl of Hopetoun
Freemasonry offices
Preceded by The Earl of Carnavon	Pro Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England 1890–1898	Succeeded by The Earl Amherst
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Edward Bootle-Wilbraham	Baron Skelmersdale 1853–1898	Succeeded by Edward Bootle-Wilbraham
Preceded by New creation	Earl of Lathom 1880–1898	Succeeded by Edward Bootle-Wilbraham