Charles Booth
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Charles James Booth (1840 – 21 November 1916) was a British shipowner, sociolog, and reformer best known for his pioneering philanthropic studies on working-class life in London near the end of the 19th century.
Booth's work, as well as that of Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree, influenced government policy in the early twentieth century and introduced Old Age pensions and free school meals to the poorest children.
Later life
Booth acquired William Holman Hunt's painting The Light of The World, which he donated to St Paul's Cathedral in 1908.
Booth resigned as chairman of Alfred Booth and Company in favour of his nephew Alfred Allen Booth in 1912, but despite growing signs of heart disease, in 1915, he returned cheerfully to work under wartime pressures.
In 1886, the Booth family moved to Grace Dieu Manor near Thringstone, Leicestershire, and here is where Charles retired from. He held many family gatherings in order to be surrounded by his relatives, children, and grandchildren long before he died. He died of a stroke on November 23, 1916, and was buried in Saint Andrew's churchyard. On the green of Thringstone village, a memorial to him has been unveiled, and a blue plaque has been erected on his house in South Kensington: 6 Grenville Place.
Career
In 1860, Booth's father died, leaving the family business in charge. With his elder brother Alfred, he started Alfred Booth and Company, which opened offices in Liverpool and New York City using a £20,000 inheritance. In 1865, Booth ran for Parliament as the Liberal candidate for Toxteth, Liverpool, but was rejected.
Booth was able to convince Alfred and his sister Emily to invest in steamships and started a ferry from Pará, Maranh, Brazil, after learning about the shipping trades. In 1866, Booth and Alfred first established Booth Steamship Company, a shipping company between Brazil and Europe. On February 14, 1866, Booth himself made his first voyage to Brazil. He was also involved in the establishment of a harbor in Manaus, which helped with seasonal shifts in water levels. When he visited Manaus for the last time in 1912, Booth referred to this as his "monument" (to shipping). Booth would write letters to his wife explaining the company's challenges, including recruitment, decision making, and factory relocation, which would lay the groundwork for company ethics. R. Singlehurst and Company was Booth's biggest competitor in the booth shipping industry, but Booth kept calm when handling corporate affairs.
