page_title: Peniston Booth
section_title: Ecclesiastical ministry
hierarchical_section_title: Peniston Booth / Ecclesiastical ministry
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Emblème de l'Ordre de la Jarretière au Château de Windsor, AngleterreEnglish: Emblem of the Order of the Garter at Windsor Castle with motto "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense", England
context_page_description: Dr Penyston Booth, FRS, also Peniston Booth, was an 18th-century Anglican priest, who hailed from the minor gentry, and served as Dean of Windsor from 1729 to 1765.
context_section_description: Booth was a Canon of Windsor from 1722 to 1729, before serving as Dean until his death in 1765.
  During his ministry in the Church of England, he held the following ecclesiastical appointments:
  Perpetual Curate of Apley, Lincolnshire, 1707
  Rector of Potterhanworth, 1717
  Prebendary of Welton in Lincoln Cathedral, 1719
  Canon of Windsor, 1722–1729
  Dean of Wolverhampton, 1729
  Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, 1733.
  Appointed Canon of the Second Stall of Windsor in 1722, Booth relinquished this sinecure upon becoming Dean following the death of Lord Willoughby de Broke in 1728.
  Dean of Windsor and ex-officio Registrar of the Order of the Garter from 1729 until his death in 1765, Booth was succeeded by former Bishop of Exeter, Dr. Frederick Keppel.
  Dr Booth was buried at St George's Chapel, a week after his death, on 29 September 1765.
caption: The Garter badge above a doorway to St George's Chapel.
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