Person: WAKELY, Charles (1849-1926)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Charles WAKELY

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

temperance campaigner, author of lectures used with slide sets

Main period of activity

1870s-1910s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

1849

born at

Stoke Abbott, Dorset, England

30 March 1851

census record

1851 Census of England and Wales, HO107/1565.171.28

1871

resident

29 Church Street, Camberwell, London SE, England

2 April 1871

~22

census record

1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/734.124.40

21 January 1879

~30

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, London, England, 21 January 1879)

1880s-c.1919

~30

secretary

UK Band of Hope Union

1881

resident

17 Glengall Grove, Camberwell, London SE, England

3 April 1881

~32

census record

1881 Census of England and Wales, RG11/698.168.80

19 October 1881

~32

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, London, England, 19 October 1881)

8 November 1881

~32

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, London, England, 8 November 1881)

14 December 1882

~34

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, London, England, 14 December 1882)

29 January 1884

~35

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, London, England, 29 January 1884)

22 November 1884

~35

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, London, England, 22 November 1884)

1891

resident

36 Glengall Road, Camberwell, London SE, England

5 April 1891

~42

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/491.75.74

1901

resident

148 Jerningham Road, Deptford, London SE, England

31 March 1901

~52

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/532.178.42

1926

resident

14 Carlton Road, Sidcup, Kent, England

1926

~76

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1926 p.206

27 September 1926

~77

died at

Sidcup, Kent, England

Slides showing image of this person

slide image -- Two Well-known Secretaries of the Union

Texts linked to this person

Lectures (3)

Charles Wakely, Alcohol and the human body (London: UK Band of Hope Union, n.d.)

Charles Wakely, A temperance journey round the world (London: UK Band of Hope Union, 1892)

Charles Wakely, The temperance picture gallery (London: UK Band of Hope Union, 1891)

Poems (3)

Charles Wakely, ‘Beware of the trap’ in Recitations and dialogues for Bands of Hope 33

Charles Wakely, I only take a little wine (n.d.) – credited in Walter Tyler slide catalogue

Charles Wakely, Judkin's fright (n.d.) – credited in Walter Tyler slide catalogue

Slide set reference

image appears in: Band of Hope Jubilee 1897 (lecture: UK Band of Hope Union, 50-55 slides, 1897)

Lucerna ID 6001037

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 17 October 2011

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Person: WAKELY, Charles (1849-1926)