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- Birth nameRobert John Graham Boothby
- Robert Boothby was born on February 12, 1900 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was a writer, known for The Edge of the Sixties (1959), In the News (1950) and What's My Line (1951). He died on July 16, 1986 in London, England, UK.
- Member of Parliament for East Aberdeenshire from 1924 who was also a broadcaster.
- MP for East Aberdeenshire 1928-1954, and Baron of Buchan and Rattray Head after that. He won £40,000 in a libel case against the Sunday Mirror and German magazine Stern when they accused him of having a homosexual affair with gangster Ronald Kray. The claim was later found to be true after his death. A bisexual, he also allegedly had a daughter by Harold Macmillan's wife.
- Was impersonated by Benny Hill on The Benny Hill Show (1969).
- He was portrayed by Robert Glenister in the original production of the play "Never So Good", by Howard Brenton , which premiered at the National Theatre, London, UK in March 2008.
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