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Robert Boothby
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Born in Edinburgh, Edinburgh and the Lothians
Born on 12th of February 1900
Died on 16th of July 1986

Born 1900. Died 1986 - Scottish Conservative politician.


Educated at Eton and Oxford. Elected MP for East Aberdeenshire in 1924. Was Churchill’s Private Secretary from 1926-29. Knighted in 1953, raised to peerage in 1958.

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