Sir Brooke Boothby, 10th Baronet

Sir Brooke Boothby, 10th Baronet (13 November 1856 – 22 January 1913) His mother was Martha Serena Boothby, the eldest daughter of Charles, in turn younger son of Sir William Bootby, 7th Baronet. Boothby was educated at Harrow School and joined the Diplomatic Service in 1881. and in 1884 was gazetted a third secretary. Four years thereafter he was promoted to second secretary. and was transferred to Tokyo as Secretary of Legion in 1901. After a year he appointed to the same position at the embassy in Brussels in August 1902, and in 1905 became counsellor of embassy in Vienna. Boothby was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Chile in 1907, but did not proceed there to take up the post, owing to the state of his health.

Boothby died unmarried and childless.