Sir Brooke Boothby, 10th Baronet

Sir Brooke Boothby, 10th Baronet (13 November 1856 – 22 January 1913)[1] was a British baronet and diplomat.

Born at Welwyn Rectory in Hertfordshire, he was the son of Sir Brooke Boothby, 9th Baronet.[2] His mother was Martha Serena Boothby, the eldest daughter of Charles, in turn younger son of Sir William Bootby, 7th Baronet.[2] He succeeded his father as baronet in 1865, aged nine.[3] Boothby was educated at Harrow School and joined the Diplomatic Service in 1881.[3] A year later he was advanced to an attaché[4] and in 1884 was gazetted a third secretary.[5] Four years thereafter he was promoted to second secretary.[1]

Boothby was sent as first secretary to Rio de Janeiro in 1898[6] and was transferred to Tokyo as Secretary of Legion in 1901.[7] After a year he appointed to the same position at the embassy in Brussels in August 1902,[8][9] and in 1905 became counsellor of embassy in Vienna.[10] Boothby was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Chile in 1907,[11] but did not proceed there to take up the post, owing to the state of his health.[12]

Boothby died unmarried and childless.[1] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother Charles.[1]