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print by john raphael smith after reynolds 23 january 1824 penelope ashbourne , derbyshire , england , great britain 150px 6th baronet boothby , of broadlow ash sir brooke boothby , 5th bt . phoebe hollins 3 june 1744 susanna bristoe sir brooke boothby 6th bt mw19919.jpg sir brooke boothby , 6th baronet
 christ church , oxford sir brooke boothby translator , poet , landowner
sir brooke boothby , 6th baronet

sir brooke boothby , 6th baronet -lrb- 3 june 174423 january 1824 -rrb- was a linguist , translator , poet and landowner , based in derbyshire , england .
he was part of the intellectual and literary circle of lichfield , which included anna seward and erasmus darwin .
in 1766 he welcomed the philosopher jean-jacques rousseau to ashbourne circles , after rousseau 's short stay in london with hume .
ten years later , in 1776 , boothby visited rousseau in paris , and was given the manuscript of the first part of rousseau 's three-part autobiographic `` confessions '' .
boothby translated the manuscript and published it in lichfield in 1780 after the author 's death , and donated the document to the british library in 1781 .
the well-known portrait of boothby by joseph wright of derby , from 1781 , shows him reclining in a wooded glade with a book carrying on its cover simply the name rousseau , indicating boothby 's admiration and promotion of the writer and his work generally .
several portraits were also made of boothby 's daughter , penelope -- by henry fuseli and joshua reynolds and in sculpture by thomas banks .
she died young , and was the subject of a book of poetry by her grieving father .
