Arthur Booth-Clibborn

1855 (age 84)

Moate, County Westmeath in Ireland

lieutenant was during this period in his life that he developed his capacity for languages. At the age of 26 he was appointed a Quaker minister. On marriage, Arthur and Kate changed their surname by deed poll to Booth-Clibborn at the insistence of General Booth. A grandson was Stanley Eric Francis Booth-Clibborn, who became the Anglican Bishop of Manchester. Posted to Switzerland in 1889, opposition to the Salvationists grew in that country leading to the government ordering that all Salvation Army halls be closed. Arthur Booth-Clibborn was thrown into prison alongside a thief and a prostitute. A commission of enquiry had already decided to dismiss him from officership. After becoming Pentecostals in 1906 the Booth-Clibborns together continued preaching and spreading the Gospel as travelling evangelists in Europe, the United States, and Australia for the rest of their lives.

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Background

He was the husband of Kate Booth, the oldest daughter of General William and Catherine Booth. He was born in Moate, County Westmeath in Ireland, the son of a linen mill owner.

Education

At the age of 13 his parents sent him to boarding school in France and Switzerland where he graduated from the University of Lausanne.

Career

lieutenant was during this period in his life that he developed his capacity for languages. At the age of 26 he was appointed a Quaker minister. On marriage, Arthur and Kate changed their surname by deed poll to Booth-Clibborn at the insistence of General Booth.

A grandson was Stanley Eric Francis Booth-Clibborn, who became the Anglican Bishop of Manchester.

Posted to Switzerland in 1889, opposition to the Salvationists grew in that country leading to the government ordering that all Salvation Army halls be closed. Arthur Booth-Clibborn was thrown into prison alongside a thief and a prostitute.

A commission of enquiry had already decided to dismiss him from officership. After becoming Pentecostals in 1906 the Booth-Clibborns together continued preaching and spreading the Gospel as travelling evangelists in Europe, the United States, and Australia for the rest of their lives.

Membership

Salvation Army.

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