Biography of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale 1771-1853
Paternal Family Tree: Bootle-Wilbraham
On 07 Mar 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 27 Oct 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.
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 31 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 30 Jan 1828 Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale was created 1st Baron Skelmersdale in Lancashhire.
On 22 May 1832 [his son] Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Jessy Brooke were married.
On 05 May 1844 [his son] Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (age 42) died of influenza.
On 03 Apr 1853 Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale died. His grandson Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baron Skelmersdale in Lancashhire.