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Booker, Arthur John Nussey, brother of Josias Antony Nussey Booker (q.v.); b. Nov. 12, 1871; adm. Sept. 16, 1886 (R); left June 1889; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Dec. 17, 1889; B.A. 1894; M.A. 1896; m. May 30, 1899, Florence Percival, widow of William Stewart-Brown, of Glasgow; d. Jan. 1, 1902.

BOOKER, BERTLEY, son of Thomas Booker, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford (aged 18) 1649, matr. 26 Nov 1650, Westminster Student; BA 17 Feb 1652/3 (as Barclay Booker).

BOOKER, GEORGE EDWARD NUSSEY, brother of Josias Antony Nussey Booker (qv); b. 14 Mar 1867; adm. (H) 26 Jan 1882; left Apr 1883; Non-Coll., Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1884; migr. to Exeter Coll. 1885; 2nd Lieut., 5th Dragoon Guards, 15 Nov 1887; Lieut., 21 Nov 1894; retd. 1894; Staff Capt., Remounts Dept., South African War, 1899-1902; Capt. and temp. Lieut. -Col. commanding 1st and 4th Reserve Regts. of Cavalry during 1914-18 war; Lieut. -Col., Reserve of Officers; despatches; CBE 3 Jun 1919; JP (1909) Herefordshire; m. 2 Feb 1892 Edith Mary, dau. of Henry Frederic Tiarks, Foxbury, Chislehurst, Kent, merchant banker; d. 27 Aug 1938.

BOOKER, JOSIAS ANTONY NUSSEY, eldest son of Rev. George Booker, Perpetual Curate of St. John the Baptist, Holland Road, Kensington, and Rachel Elizabeth, third dau. of John Nussey, Chislehurst, Kent; b. 15 Jul 1865; adm. (H) 23 Sep 1880; left Mar 1883; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Oct 1883; of Wessington Court, Woolhope, Herefordshire; DL Herefordshire, JP (1892) Herefordshire; m. 13 Oct 1887 Blanche Mabel, younger dau. of Maj. Richard W. Brettingham, Waveney Lodge, Brighton; d. 10 Mar 1922.

BOOKER, RICHARD, son of Richard Booker, Horsham, Sussex, and Anne Hill; bapt. 20 Jan 1630/1; adm.; KS in 1644; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1646, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1646, scholar 1647, matr. Mich. 1649; BA 1649/50; MA 1653; Fellow of Trinity Coll. from 1650; adm. Gray’s Inn 14 Jun 1651; d. 1655, aged 25; buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

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BOONE, THOMAS; b.; adm. 7 Feb 1774; left 1777. [Russell Barker and Stenning identify him as Thomas Boone, son of Rev. William Boone, Taunton, Somerset, Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Nov 1784, aged 17; BA 1788, but identification seems doubtful. If so, his mother was Elizabeth Long]

BOORNE, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1582, adm. scholar 1583, matr. Easter 1583; BA 1586/7; MA 1590; BD 1597; Fellow of Trinity Coll. from 1589; ordained; Vicar of Flintham, Notts., 1601-7; d. c. 1609.

Boot, William Henry Gilbert, son of Capt. Henry Percy Boot RFC, aeronautical engineer, and Eveline Hilda, d. of William Radford of Warwick; b. 30 July 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (A); left Mar. 1926; staff of Savoy Hotel 1926-61; RASC 1945 (Capt.); re-employed at Claridges 1972-8; d. 13 Feb. 1992.

BOOTH, AUGUSTUS AUDLEY NEVILLE, son of Neville Jackson (qv); b. 26 May 1857; adm. 4 Mar 1872 (James'); left May 1876; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, adm. 30 Sep 1876, matr. Mich. 1876; assumed surname of Booth in lieu of Jackson 20 Aug 1878; lived at Vilvorde, Belgium; m. Margaret Portia O’Brien.