Boothroyd

Boothroyd may refer to a number of things:

People

• Aidy Boothroyd, an English former footballer and formerly the manager of Watford Football Club.
• Allen Boothroyd, an industrial designer.
• Betty Boothroyd, a British politician and was the first female Speaker of the House of Commons.
• Clement G. Boothroyd, World War I flying ace
• Geoffrey Boothroyd, an English firearms expert and author of several works on the subject.
• Giles Boothroyd (born 1969), rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s
• Luke Boothroyd, an English professional ice hockey player.

Fictional characters

• Q (James Bond), the quartermaster in the James Bond books and movies is named Boothroyd, though he is more often referred to by his job title, "Q".

Places

• Boothroyd, West Yorkshire, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, England.
• Boothroyd, British Columbia
  • Boothroyd First Nation, a First Nations band government in British Columbia, Canada.
• The Hartung-Boothroyd Observatory, located near Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, USA.