Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet (3 June 1744–23 January 1824) was a British linguist, translator, poet and landowner, based in Derbyshire, England.

[3] Several portraits were also made of Boothby's daughter, Penelope [ru]—by Henry Fuseli[4] and Joshua Reynolds[5] and in sculpture by Thomas Banks.

He inherited his unusual forename from Hill Brooke, the second wife of the fourth Baronet Boothby, of Broadlow Ash, Sir William.

He, members of the Lunar Society and the intellectual circle of Lichfield, met the free-thinking Jean-Jacques Rousseau who fled from France in 1766–7 and was staying at Wootton, near Boothby's home, Ashbourne Hall.

He is holding a leather-bound book with the name Rousseau on the spine rather than a specific title, thus referencing Boothby's interest in the philosopher's entire oeuvre.

[7] He began the restoration of Ashbourne Hall, using his wife's dowry to renovate the structure, remodel the parkland, purchase rare plants and obtain works of art.

Well has thy classick chisel, Banks, express'd The graceful lineaments of that fine form, Which late with conscious, living beauty warm, Now here beneath does in dread silence rest.

And, oh, while life shall agitate my breast, Recorded there exists her every charm, In vivid colours, safe from change or harm, Till my last sigh unalter'd love attest.

That form, as fair as ever fancy drew, The marble cold, inanimate, retains; But of the radiant smile that round her threw Joys, that beguiled my soul of mortal pains, And each divine expression's varying hue, A little senseless dust alone remains[14]