Background
M A C A R A, Charles Wright was born on January 11, 1845 in Strathmiglo, Fileshire. Son of late Reverend William Macara, Strathmiglo.
M A C A R A, Charles Wright was born on January 11, 1845 in Strathmiglo, Fileshire. Son of late Reverend William Macara, Strathmiglo.
Private education at Edinburgh.
Chairman Manchester Master Cotton Spinners’ Association, 1892-1893, and took prominent part in drawing up the Brooklands Agreement, which terminated the twenty weeks’ cotton strike which began in November 1892, an agreement which has since regulated negotiations between employers and operatives. Presided over numerous conferences of the representatives of employers and operatives in connection with disputes. Formulated a scheme for the adjustment of wages according to the state of the cotton trade (this scheme has been accepted by the employers, and, although not yet confirmed by the representatives of the operatives, it is expected its fairness will bring about its acceptance).
First President Manchester Cotton Associate, first President of the Cotton Employers’ Parliamentary Association, Chairman of Association, formed 1902, consisting of delegated representatives of municipal corporations, Chambers of Commerce, and employers’ and 1263 workpeoples' organisations in Lancashire and neighbouring counties, to counteract baneful effect of shipping rings and excessive railway rates on British industry, by which considerable concessions have been effected. Chairman Committee of Management St. Anne’s Lifeboat Disaster Fund, raised 1886. Originated Lifeboat Saturday movement, 1891, and directed it throughout the United Kingdom until headquarters were removed from Manchester to London, 1896, when resigned.
Chairman of the Mercantile and Industrial Committee of the Lancashire Indian Famine Funds, 1897 and 1900. President English Federation of Master Cotton Spinners’ Associations since 1894. Managing Director Henry Bannerman and Sons, Ltd., and the Bannerman Mills Company, Ltd., Manchester, Stalybridge, and Dukintield.
Chairman of Committee of International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers’ Associations since 1904. Justice of the Peace, Lancashire; Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur; Chevalier de l’Ordre de Leopold.
Spouse 1875, Marion,daughter of late William Young, Bournemouth.