Edward Leonard Booty

Edward L. Booty, 1920.
Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Vice-Admiral Edward Leonard Booty, C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy (19 May, 1871 – 8 March, 1949) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Booty was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in August, 1892.

Booty was promoted to the rank of Commander in June, 1903.

Booty was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1908.

On 1 July, 1911, Booty was appointed in command of the first class protected cruiser Ariadne and also in command of a group of ships of the Home Fleet's Fourth Division.

Booty was married to Emily Louisa Rawles on 18 July, 1911 at the Register Office in Paddington. On 5 January, 1912, he left Ariadne to take up command of Dryad and of the Portsmouth Navigation School.

Great War

On 1 September, 1914, Booty closed the Portsmouth Navigation School. On 12 November, he was appointed in command of the armed merchant cruiser Otway.

Post-War

Booty was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 19 February, 1920.

Booty was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 February, 1921. He would spend the 1920s working as a Nautical Assessor.

Booty was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral in August, 1925.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Thomas L. Barnardiston	Captain of H.M.S. Ariadne 1 Jul, 1911 – 5 Jan, 1912	Succeeded by Henry G. G. Sandeman
Preceded by Henry W. Grant	Captain of H.M.S. Dryad 5 Jan, 1912 – 11 Nov, 1914	Succeeded by Bernard E. Prichard
Preceded by Henry. W. Grant	Captain of Portsmouth Navigation School 5 Jan, 1912 – 1 Sep, 1914	Succeeded by School Closed until 1919
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. Otway 12 Nov, 1914 – 6 Feb, 1917	Succeeded by Philip H. Colomb
Preceded by New Command	Third-in-Command, Tenth Cruiser Squadron 12 Nov, 1914	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Philip H. Colomb	Assistant to Admiral Commanding Coastguard and Reserves 6 Feb, 1917 – 6 Feb, 1920	Succeeded by Ronald Howard as Naval Assistant to Admiral Commanding Reserves