Edwin Henry Booth
English businessman
Edwin Henry Booth (1828 – January 1899) was an English businessman. Initially a tea dealer, in 1847 he founded E. H. Booth & Co.2
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Born 1828, died 1899.1
About
Ltd, which is still in existence as the Booths supermarket chain.
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Companies
Early life and education
Booth was born in Bury, Lancashire, in 1828. He was an orphan by the age of eleven, and ran away from home.
In 1847, at the age of nineteen, Booth was able to secure an £80 loan with which to open a shop, named The China House, in Blackpool.
He opened a second shop in 1855 in Chorley.
When UK licensing laws were changed, Booth was able to add wine and liquor to his range of products. The increased profit allowed him to open three additional shops, in Preston (1867), Lytham St Annes (1878) and Blackburn (1884).
His son, John, took over the businesses in 1899, three years after Booths had been incorporated as a private limited company.
As of 2023, Booth's great-great-grandson, Edwin J. Booth, is the company's chairman and chief executive officer.
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Career
Occupation: businessperson.4
Personal life
- Born1828, Bury5
Booth married Susannah Phillips, with whom he had had two sons, John (1857–1941) and Albert (1866–1868), and a daughter, Elizabeth (1855–1858).
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- 1WikidataEdwin Henry Booth on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaEdwin Henry Booth on Wikipedia
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- 6WikidataBooths, Founder