# Charles Longbottom > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charles_Longbottom > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charles_Longbottom.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Longbottom > Source revision: 1347506498 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British barrister, businessman and politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Use British English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Charles-Brooke-Longbottom.jpg | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} | office = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom))
for [York](/source/City_of_York_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | term_start = 8 October 1959 | term_end = 10 March 1966 | predecessor = [Harry Hylton-Foster](/source/Harry_Hylton-Foster) | successor = [Alex Lyon](/source/Alex_Lyon_(politician)) | birth_name = Charles Brooke Longbottom | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1930|7|22}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2013|2|5|1930|7|22}} | death_place = [Brompton](/source/Brompton%2C_London) or [Belmont, London](/source/Belmont%2C_Sutton), England | party = [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) | education = [Uppingham School](/source/Uppingham_School) | occupation = {{hlist|Barrister|businessman|MP}} | awards = Officer of the [Order of the British Empire](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) (2012) }} '''Charles Brooke Longbottom''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (22 July 1930 – 5 February 2013) was a British barrister, businessman and [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) politician. In his later years his interest turned to [Christian healing](/source/Christian_healing) and [education](/source/Catechesis). He was appointed Officer of the [Order of the British Empire](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) (OBE) in the [2012 New Year Honours](/source/2012_New_Year_Honours) for public and charitable services.{{London Gazette |issue=60009 |date=31 December 2011 |page=11 |supp=y }} ==Early career== Longbottom was educated at [Uppingham School](/source/Uppingham_School),{{cite web|last=Aitchison|first=Gavin|title=Former York MP dies, aged 83|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10210704.Former_York_MP_dies__aged_83/|work=York Press|accessdate=6 February 2013|date=6 February 2013}} and then read for the Bar, being called in 1958 by the [Inner Temple](/source/Inner_Temple). He was interested in politics from an early age and was Vice Chairman of the [Young Conservatives](/source/Young_Conservatives_(UK)) Advisory Committee in 1953–54; while a student he was part of the United Kingdom delegation to the World Assembly of Youth Services in Genval, Belgium. ==Parliament== After fighting [Stockton-on-Tees](/source/Stockton-on-Tees_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in the [1955 general election](/source/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election), Longbottom was selected for [York](/source/City_of_York_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) and won the seat in the [1959 general election](/source/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election). [Iain Macleod](/source/Iain_Macleod), the [Leader of the House of Commons](/source/Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons), picked him as his [Parliamentary Private Secretary](/source/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary) in 1961; he served until Macleod went out of office in 1963. ==Maritime business career== After losing his seat at the [1966 general election](/source/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election), Longbottom went into the shipbuilding business. He was chairman of [Austin & Pickersgill](/source/A%26P_Group) shipbuilders (based in [Sunderland](/source/Sunderland)) from 1966 to 1972, and of [A&P Appledore International Ltd](/source/Appledore_Shipbuilders) from 1970 to 1979. He joined Seascope in 1970 and was chairman of several subsidiary companies. In the 1980s his business career diversified into financial services and was a Director of [Henry Ansbacher](/source/Henry_Ansbacher) & Co from 1982 to 1987. Although not attempting a return into politics, Longbottom was considered for public appointments. He had been made a member of the General Advisory Committee of the [BBC](/source/BBC) in 1965 and served ten years, and was also a member of the Community Relations Commission from 1968 to 1970. ==Activities after retirement== Charles Longbottom served 16 years as a Director of [British Shipbuilders](/source/British_Shipbuilders), and as Chairman of MC Shipping Inc. from 2004 to 2010. However his main interest lay in [Christian healing](/source/Christian_healing) and education.{{cite news |title=Charles Longbottom |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9886321/Charles-Longbottom.html |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=21 February 2013 }} He was Chairman of Acorn Christian Healing Trust and the Acorn Christian Foundation from 1988 to 2001. He was Chairman of the [Awareness Foundation](/source/Awareness_Foundation) from its founding in 2003 until the middle of 2012.{{cite web |title=Longbottom, Charles Brooke, (22 July 1930–5 Feb. 2013), company director; Chairman, Awareness Foundation (formerly Trinity Foundation for Christianity and Culture), since 2003 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U24901 |website=[Who Was Who](/source/Who_Was_Who) |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=25 May 2021 |language=en |date=1 December 2016}} ==Death== He became ill in the summer of 2012 and died at the [Royal Marsden Hospital](/source/Royal_Marsden_Hospital) on 5 February 2013 at the age of 82. ==References== *"Longbottom, Charles Brooke" in "Who's Who" (A&C Black) *M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs" Vol. IV (Harvester Press, 1981) *"Times Guide to the House of Commons 1955" ==Footnotes== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-charles-longbottom | Charles Longbottom }} *[http://www.awareness-foundation.co.uk/index.php/team Profile at the Awareness Foundation]. {{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{succession box | title=[Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [York](/source/City_of_York_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | years=[1959](/source/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election)–[1966](/source/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election) | before=Sir [Harry Hylton-Foster](/source/Harry_Hylton-Foster) | after=[Alex Lyon](/source/Alex_Lyon_(politician))}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Longbottom, Charles}} Category:1930 births Category:People educated at Uppingham School Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Category:UK MPs 1959–1964 Category:UK MPs 1964–1966 Category:Members of the Inner Temple Category:British businesspeople in shipping Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire Category:2013 deaths Category:20th-century British businesspeople --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Charles Longbottom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Longbottom) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Longbottom?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.