Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
(1900-1986), Politician, author and broadcasterSitter in 40 portraits
Conservative MP for East Aberdeenshire (1924-58), lecturer, author, television personality. Boothby was parliamentary private secretary to Winston Churchill (1926-9) and parliamentary secretary, Ministry of Food (1940-1). A provocatively controversial figure, whose political and personal life often made tabloid headlines.
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Michael Noakes
oil on board, 1966
NPG 7056
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 December 1924
NPG x127861
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 December 1924
NPG x127862
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1940
NPG x3029
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 30 May 1940
NPG x26988
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 30 May 1940
NPG x26989
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 30 May 1940
NPG x26990
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 30 May 1940
NPG x26991
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1940
NPG x3026
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1940
NPG x3027
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 30 May 1940
NPG x83943
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1946?
NPG x84367
by BBC
bromide press print, 5 April 1948
NPG x184270
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 16 November 1949
NPG x165359
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1951
NPG x86415
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1955-1965
NPG x87904
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 31 August 1961
NPG x165360
Ronnie Kray; Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1964
NPG x126471
Ronnie Kray; Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1964
NPG x126472
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Central Press
bromide print, 1967
NPG x1167
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 24 February 1971
NPG x171497
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 24 February 1971
NPG x171498
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Paul Joyce
bromide print on card mount, June 1977
NPG x13403
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1940
NPG x3028
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1940
NPG x3030
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1940
NPG x3031
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 September 1946
NPG x73704
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 September 1946
NPG x73705
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 September 1946
NPG x73706
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate negative, 16 November 1949
NPG x100950
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate negative, 16 November 1949
NPG x100951
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 16 November 1949
NPG x190474
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 16 November 1949
NPG x190475
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 1951
NPG x100330
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 1951
NPG x100331
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 24 February 1971
NPG x171499
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 24 February 1971
NPG x171500
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 24 February 1971
NPG x171501
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