Richard George William Pitt Booth
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| Richard Booth MBE | |
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1 April 1977 - 20 August 2019 | |
| Born | 12 September 1938 Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom 
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| Died | 20 August 2019 (aged 80) Cusop, Herefordshire, United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | British |
| Political party | Socialist Labour Party (UK) |
Richard George William Pitt Booth MBE (12 September 1938 - 20 August 2019) was a British bookseller and eccentric who proclaimed himself ruler of the Independent Kingdom of Hay-on-Wye on 1 April 1977 (he named his horse Prime Minister), a micronation. This proclamation earned him and the town world-wide publicity, and fueled the used-book business that had already taken hold in the town. Unlike some claimants to "micronationdom", Richard Booth does not pretend to take his claims seriously.