Frederick Nicholas Charrington (4 February 1850 - 2 January 1936) was a temperance activist and politician.[1][2]
Born in Bow Road, in the East End of London, he was the son of F Charrington of Charrington's Brewery.[1][2] Following education at Marlborough College and Brighton College he was given a post in the family brewery. Following his experiences of seeing public drunkeness in the district around the brewery, he resigned from the company, forefeiting his share in the business and a fortune of one and a quarter million pounds.[2]
Thereafter he devoted himself to the temperance movement, and in 1870 founded the Tower Hamlets Mission.[1]
When the first elections to the London County Council were held in January 1889, Charrington was elected as a Progressive Party councillor representing Mile End, holding the seat until 1895, when he retired from the council.[3] He was also a member of the Mile End Board of Guardians and Vestry, and of Stepney Borough Council.[1][2]
Charrington continued his temperance work up to his death: at the age of 72 he was knocked unconscious and left for dead in the Mile End Road while distributing literature calling for the closing of cinemas on Sundays.[2]
He died in 1936, aged 85. He donated his body to the London Hospital, and there was no burial of his remains, with a service held in the Assembly Hall of the Tower Hamlets Mission.[2][4]
The Wikipedia page is [1], Oxford DNB page [2], and the London Remembers page [3].
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 CHARRINGTON, Frederick Nicholas, Who Was Who
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Obituary: Mr. F. N. Charrington. A Life For Christianity And Temperance". The Times: p. 17. 3 January 1936.
- ↑ Jackson, W Eric, Achievement. A Short History of the London County Council, Longmans, 1965, p.257
- ↑ "Obituary: Mr. F. N. Charrington.'s Last Wish". The Times: p. 16. 6 January 1936.