Booth, Charles

1840 - Born on the 30th of March in Liverpool.

1862 - At the age 22 Booth took control of his father's company.

1866 - Booth and his brother Alfred began a shipping service between Europe and Brazil.

1871 - Married Mary Macaulay on 29th of April who was niece of the historian Thomas Babington Macaulay.

1901 - The business was reorganized as Booth Steamship Company, Ltd with Charles Booth as chairman.

1904 - Appointed a privy councillor.

1905-1909 - He was a member of the royal commission on the poor law.

1916 - Died on the 23rd of November in Whitwick, Leicestershire, England.