Neil Sclater-Booth, 5th Baron Basing


Neil Lutley Sclater-Booth, 5th Baron Basing was a British nobleman and New York financier.
The son of George Sclater-Booth, 4th Baron Basing, he was educated at St Peter's Court, Broadstairs, and Eton College, and graduated with an economics degree from Harvard University, where he played rugby. Sclater-Booth worked in securities, becoming Executive Vice President of Akroyd & Smithers, Inc., and President of Standard New York, Inc., the American subsidiary of Standard New York Securities.
He succeeded his father as Baron Basing in 1983, but did not use the title. By his wife, Patricia, he had two sons:
Sclater-Booth died of esophageal cancer in 2007.