Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham, 6th Baron Skelmersdale
| Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham, 6th Baron Skelmersdale | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 September 1896 |
| Died | 21 July 1973 (aged 76) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1949 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Unit | Coldstream Guards |
| Commands held | 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards 126th Infantry Brigade 215th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) 32nd Guards Brigade 137th Brigade |
| Battles/wars |
First World War Second World War |
| Awards |
Distinguished Service Order Military Cross |
| Other work | Director Associated British Oil Engine Company |
Brigadier Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham, 6th Baron Skelmersdale, DSO, MC (23 September 1896 – 21 July 1973) was a British Army officer and peer who served in both the First and Second World War.
Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham was born on 23 September 1896, the son of Major Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham, Royal Irish Fusiliers and Lavinia, daughter of Abraham Wilson. Major Lionel was himself a grandson of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale. The younger Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham was educated at Wellington College and Cheltenham College.
On the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Bootle-Wilbraham joined the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment. He then entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst as a wartime cadet in 1915 and passed out the same year, being commissioned into the Coldstream Guards. He served with the regiment for the rest of the war, being awarded a Military Cross in 1917.
Postwar, Lionel-Wilbraham saw service in Turkey during the Chanak Crisis of 1922, and then went to India to serve as ADC to the Governor of Madras (1924–27). He went to China during the Shanghai crisis of 1927, later returning to Madras as the Governor's Military Secretary (1929–32). He also served in Egypt and Sudan in 1932.
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