Neil Lutley Sclater-Booth, 5th Baron Basing (16 January 1939 – 24 November 2007) 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.

Neil Sclater-Booth, 5th Baron Basing

He succeeded his father as Baron Basing in 1983, but did not use the title. By his wife, Patricia, he had two sons: Stuart Sclater-Booth, 6th Baron Basing (born 1969) Andrew Limbrey Sclater-Booth (born 1973)

Neil Sclater-Booth, 5th Baron Basing

Sclater-Booth died of esophageal cancer in 2007.

Neil Sclater-Booth, 5th Baron Basing

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1939 births

2007 deaths

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Deaths from esophageal cancer

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