Chancellor Sir Thomas Bootle (1685-1753)
English School 17/18Th Century. Relined canvas 125 x 100.5 cm.
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Sir Thomas Bootle was the king’s attorney and serjeant within the duchy of Lancaster 1712-27; K.C. by 1726; mayor of Liverpool 1726-7; attorney-gen. of the county palatine of Durham 1733-53; chancellor to Frederick, Prince of Wales 1740-51; chancellor to George, Prince of Wales 1751-d.