Henry Booth , 1st Earl of Warrington Henry Booth , 1st Earl of Warrington ( 13 January 1652 – 2 January 1694 ) was a Member of Parliament , Privy Councillor , Protestant protagonist in the Revolution of 1688 , Mayor of Chester and author . Life . Booth was a son of George Booth , Baron Delamer and Lady Elizabeth Grey . His maternal grandparents were Henry Grey , 1st Earl of Stamford and Anne Cecil , daughter of William Cecil , 2nd Earl of Exeter . Booth served as a Member of Parliament for Cheshire in 1678 , 1679 and 1679 – 1681 , and was conspicuous for his opposition to Catholics . He married Mary Langham , daughter of Sir James Langham , 2nd Baronet , on 7 July 1670 , and they had three children who lived past infancy – George , Elizabeth , and Mary . In 1684 , he succeeded his father as the 2nd Baron Delamer . At a treason trial in the House of Lords in January 1685 / 6 , Delamer was accused of participation in the Monmouth Rebellion , and the presiding judge in the case was Judge Jeffreys , as Lord High Steward , sitting with thirty other peers . The defence secured an acquittal . During the Revolution of 1688 , Booth declared in favour of William of Orange , and raised an army in Cheshire in support of him . After William was installed as William III , he made Booth chancellor of the exchequer in 1689 . He wrote a number of political tracts , which were published after his death as " The Works of the Right Honourable Henry , Late L . Delamer , and Earl of Warrington . " He also authored a tract in vindication of his friend , Edward Russell . He was created Earl of Warrington on 17 April 1690 . He became mayor of Chester in October 1691 , and died on 2 January 1694 . Monumental Inscriptions . In the Dunham Chancel of the Church of Bowdon is a monument placed between two windows on the south side of the chapel , and divided into two tablets ; the first of which is inscribed : " Beneath lieth the body of the right hon ' ble Henry Booth , earl of Warrington , and baron Delamer of Dunham Massey , a person of unblemished honour , impartial justice , strict integrity , an illustrious example of steady and unalterable adherence to the liberties and properties of his country in the worst of times , rejecting all offers to allure , and despising all dangers to deter him therefrom , for which he was thrice committed close prisoner to the Tower of London , and at length tried for his life upon a false accusation of high treason , from which he was unanimously acquitted by his peers , on 14 January , MDCLXXX V / VI which day he afterwards annually commemorated by acts of devotion and charity : in the year MDCLXXXVIII he greatly signalised himself at the Revolution , on behalf of the protestant religion and the rights of the nation , without mixture of self - interest , preferring the good of his country to the favour of the prince who then ascended the throne ; and having served his generation according to the will of God was gathered to his fathers in peace , on the 2d of January , 169¾ , in the XLIId year of his age , whose mortal part was here entombed on the same memorable day on which eight years before his trial had been . " On the other tablet is inscribed : " Also rest by him the earthly remains of the r . hon ' ble Mary countess of Warrington , his wife , sole daughter and heir of sir James Langham , of Cottesbrooke , in the county of Northamptom , [ sic ] knt . and bart . a lady of ingenious parts , singular discretion , consummate judgement , great humility , meek and compassionate temper , extensive charity , exemplary and unaffected piety , perfect resignation to God ' s will , lowly in prosperity and patient in adversity , prudent in her affairs , and endowed with all other virtuous qualities , a conscientious discharger of her duty in all relations , being a faithful , affectionate , and observant , wife , alleviating the cares and afflictions of her husband by willingly sharing with him therein ; a tender , indulgent , and careful mother , a dutiful and respectful daughter , gentle and kind to her servants , courteous and beneficent to her neighbours , a sincere friend , a lover and valuer of all good people , justly beloved and admired by all who knew her , who having perfected holiness in the fear of God , was by him received to an early and eternal rest from her labours , on 23 March 1690 / 1 , in the XXXVIIth year of her age , calmly and composedly meeting and desiring death with joyful hope and steadfastness of faith , a lively draught of real worth and goodness , and a pattern deserving imitation , of whom the world was not worthy . Heb . XI . 38 . "