Philanthropist and temperance reformer, founder and honourable superintend of the Tower Hamlets Mission in 1870. He was born in Bow Road, London, and as a young man he was working in the family's brewery in the Mile End Road. He became very religious and started walking the streets of the East End at night trying to convert the down-and-outs to Christ and his teachings. It was on one of these walks that he saw the harsh effects of drunkenness and decided that his life's work would be helping other people. He renounced his inheritance in Charrington's Brewery, worth over a million pounds, and devoted his life to teetotalism and ridding society of vice in all its manifestations. He realised that if his Tower Hamlets Mission was to be successful it would need a permanent home in the East End. By his own efforts, he was able to raise sufficient funds to buy a site on the Mile End Waste and build the Mission. The Great Assembly Hall foundation stone was laid by the Earl of Shaftesbury in November 1883 and opened by John Jory, a millionaire colliery owner, on the 8th February 1886. The centre of the collection of buildings, that made up the complex, was the huge Assembly Hall, capable of seating 5,000 people, with rooms set aside for meetings and social activities.
Frederick Charrington's parents were Frederick and Louisa E. Charrington.
Frederick Charrington's parents were Frederick and Louisa E. Charrington.
Philanthropist and temperance reformer, founder and honourable superintend of the Tower Hamlets Mission in 1870. He was born in Bow Road, London, and as a young man he was working in the family's brewery in the Mile End Road. He became very religious and started walking the streets of the East End at night trying to convert the down-and-outs to Christ and his teachings. It was on one of these walks that he saw the harsh effects of drunkenness and decided that his life's work would be helping other people. He renounced his inheritance in Charrington's Brewery, worth over a million pounds, and devoted his life to teetotalism and ridding society of vice in all its manifestations. He realised that if his Tower Hamlets Mission was to be successful it would need a permanent home in the East End. By his own efforts, he was able to raise sufficient funds to buy a site on the Mile End Waste and build the Mission. The Great Assembly Hall foundation stone was laid by the Earl of Shaftesbury in November 1883 and opened by John Jory, a millionaire colliery owner, on the 8th February 1886. The centre of the collection of buildings, that made up the complex, was the huge Assembly Hall, capable of seating 5,000 people, with rooms set aside for meetings and social activities.
Frederick Charrington's parents were Frederick and Louisa E. Charrington.
Frederick Charrington's parents were Frederick and Louisa E. Charrington.
