18 Facts About Robert Charleton

Robert Charleton was a Quaker, Recorded Minister and a prominent citizen of Bristol, England.

Robert Charleton was a philanthropist and ran a pin-making factory which was noted for its good employment practices.

Robert Charleton was an advocate of total abstinence and peaceful relations between nations.

Robert Charleton was the son of James and Elizabeth Charleton of Bristol.

Robert Charleton married, on 13 December 1849, Catherine Brewster, the eldest daughter of Thomas Fox of Ipswich.

Robert Charleton died at his residence, Ashley Down, near Bristol, on 5 December 1872.

Robert Charleton ran one of the largest factories in East Bristol, at Two Mile Hill, Kingswood, from 1831 to 1852.

In 1841 Robert Charleton employed about 110 women and girls and 50 men and boys in the factory.

Robert Charleton reported that the majority of employees in these two factories were young girls from 14 to 18 years old; no girls or boys under 12 were employed.

Some were employed directly by Robert Charleton, others were paid by their fathers.

Robert Charleton was reported as believing that the women he employed were "respectable", and most of them were "virtuous girls".

Robert Charleton built a school for the children of his employees.

Robert Charleton was present in as a child at Congenies in the 1820s.

Robert Charleton was a member of the Peace Society and was part of a peace delegation with Joseph Sturge and Henry Pease that went to Saint Petersburg to attempt to head off the Crimea War to present an address to the Emperor Nicholas at Saint Petersburg against the war.

Robert Charleton was an advocate of the Permissive Bill, and much averse to the Contagious Diseases Acts.

Robert Charleton was involved with the temperance movement believing in total abstinence.

Robert Charleton was one of the earliest of the advocates of total abstinence.

Robert Charleton lectured on that subject in England in 1836, and in 1842 with his friend Samuel Capper in Ireland.