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Sir Felix Booth, 1st Baronet, FRS (1775 Roydon, Essex – 24 January 1850 Brighton, Sussex) was a wealthy UK gin distiller, and promoter of Arctic exploration, with various places in Nunavut, Canada being named after him.〔(www.oxforddnb.com )〕 ==Life and family== His grandfather, John Booth (a kinsman of Dr Penyston Booth) established Booth's Gin of London in 1740; his son, Philip Booth (who died 1818 in Essex), had three sons and three daughters (of which Felix Booth was the youngest).〔(www.burkespeerage.com )〕 In 1832, Booth bought the site of the old Ophthalmic Hospital in Albany Street, Regent's Park as a site for his distillery. In 1840, he went into partnership with William Grimble to experiment with producing vinegar from the spirits left over from the manufacturing process. The site was in the NE corner of Cumberland Market. The venture was unsuccessful so Sir Felix reverted to the more conventional method of vinegar brewing. As of 2015, ''Booth's Gin'' remains licensed by Diageo. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Felix Booth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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