SIR CHARLES MACARA

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6803, 5 January 1929, Page 9

SIR CHARLES MACARA

COTTON MAGNATE’S DEATH. British Official Wireless. RUGBY, Jan. 3. Sir Charles Macara, the well-known cotton . merchant, died to-day at his home at Altrincham, Cheshire. Sir Charles, who was nearly 84, was recognised all over the world as one of tho kings of the cotton industry. In spite of his age ho had applied his wisdom and experience since the war to grappling with the troubles of Lancashire. Sir Charles was chairman of the provisional emergency cotton committee set up in 1922. From 1892 to 1926 he was chairman of tho Manchester Cotton Employers’ Association, and from 1894 to 1914 president of the English Federation of Master Cotton Spinners. Outsido the sphere of business Sir Charles was -prominently identified with the National Lifeboat Institution.

Sir Charles Wright Macara was born on January 11, 1845, and educated in Edinburgh. Ho originated the Lifeboat Saturday movement. Ho wrote on various social subjects, his books including, “Social and Industrial Reform,” "In Search of a Peaceful World,” "Tho New Industrial Era.” In 1921 he wrote his "Recollections.’ ' Ho was created a baronet in 1911.