| The Right Honourable The Earl of Lathom GCB, PC |
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| Lord Skelmersdale caricatured in Vanity Fair magazine, 1871. | |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | |
| In office 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Kenmare |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Kenmare |
| In office 5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Kenmare |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Carrington |
| In office 16 July 1895 – 19 November 1898 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | The Lord Carrington |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Hopetoun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 December 1837 |
| Died | 19 November 1898 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Alice Villiers (1841-1897) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom GCB, PC (12 December 1837 – 19 November 1898), known as The Lord Skelmersdale between 1853 and 1880, was a British Conservative politician. He was a member of every Conservative administration between 1866 and 1898, and notably served three times as Lord Chamberlain of the Household under Lord Salisbury. Having succeeded his grandfather as Baron Skelmersdale in 1853, he was created Earl of Lathom in 1880.
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Bootle-Wilbraham was the son of Hon. Richard Bootle-Wilbraham, MP, eldest son of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale. His mother was Jessy, daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, 6th Baronet. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.[1]
Bootle-Wilbraham succeeded his grandfather as second Baron Skelmersdale in 1853 and was entitled to take a seat in the House of Lords on his 21st birthday in 1858. He served under the Earl of Derby and then Benjamin Disraeli as a Lord-in-Waiting from 1866[2] to 1868.[3] In 1870 he became Conservative Chief Whip in the House of Lords. He once again held office under Disraeli as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1874[4] to 1880[5] and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1874.[6] In 1880 he was created Earl of Lathom, in the County Palatine of Lancaster.[7] Lord Lathom later held office under Lord Salisbury as Lord Chamberlain of the Household from 1885[8] to 1886,[9] from 1886[10] to 1892[11] and from 1895[12] to 1898.[13] In 1892 he was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.[14]
Lord Lathom married Lady Alice Villiers, daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, on 16 August 1860.[1] They had nine children:
The Countess of Lathom died in a carriage accident in November 1897, aged 56. Lord Lathom survived her by a year and died in November 1898, aged 60. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Edward, Lord Skelmersdale.[1]