page_title: Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom / Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Countess of Lathom John Singer Sargent -- American painter 1904 Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia Oil on canvas 229.2 x 171.5 cm (90 1/4 x 67 1/2 in.) Inscribed: (Upper right:) John S. Sargent 1904 signed Accession Number: 71.502 Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr Jpg: Chrysler Museum of Art
context_page_description: Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom GCB PC, known as The Lord Skelmersdale between 1853 and 1880, was a British Conservative politician. He was a member of every Conservative administration between 1866 and 1898, and notably served three times as Lord Chamberlain of the Household under Lord Salisbury. Having succeeded his grandfather as Baron Skelmersdale in 1853, he was created Earl of Lathom in 1880.
context_section_description: Lord Lathom married Lady Alice Villiers, daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, on 16 August 1860. They had nine children:
  Edward George Bootle-Wilbraham, 2nd Earl of Lathom (1864–1910), married 1889 Lady Wilma Pleydell-Bouverie, daughter of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor.
  Hon. Villiers Richard Bootle-Wilbraham, born abt. 1867, married 1900 to Violet Inez de Romero.
  Hon. Reginald Francis Bootle-Wilbraham, born abt. 1875, married 1903 to Lilian Mary Holt, daughter of Major William Lyster Holt
  Lady Alice Maud Bootle-Wilbraham, O.B.E.
  Lady Constance Adela Bootle-Wilbraham, married Onorato Caetani, 14th Duke of Sermoneta and 4th Prince of Teano
  Lady Bertha Mabel Bootle-Wilbraham, married 1903 to Maj. Arthur Frederick Dawkins
  Lady Edith Cecil. Bootle-Wilbraham.bap Jan 1870. Died 1899.
  Lady Florence Mary Bootle-Wilbraham (d. 1944), married the Right Reverend Lord William Cecil, Bishop of Exeter, son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, and had issue.
  The Countess of Lathom died in a carriage accident in November 1897, aged 56. Lady Alice's Drive, opposite Blythe Hall, is named after her. Lord Lathom survived her by a year and died in November 1898, aged 60. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Edward, Lord Skelmersdale.
caption: Wilma, Countess of Lathom, wife of the 2nd Earl, by John Singer Sargent, 1904
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