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Frederick St George de Lautour (Booth)Tucker
(born: 21 March 1853 - Monghyr, India)
Son of William Thornhill Tucker, a deputy commissioner in the Indian Civil Service. He was educated at Cheltenham College, and in 1875 was converted during the Moody and Sankey campaigns in London. During the same year, he became engaged to Miss Louisa Mary Bode and they married in Amritsar, India, in 1877.
He served in the Indian Civil Service, but while on leave in England in 1881 joined The Salvation Army and came to work in the legal department at International Headquarters. In 1882, he led a group of pioneer officers to India, where he became known as 'Fakir Singh'. Louisa Mary Tucker died in Bombay on 27 February 1887 from cholera. He subsequently married Emma Booth in 1888 and adopted the name Booth-Tucker. They served in India until 1891 when they were appointed to London as Commissioners for Foreign Affairs.
He was successively Territorial Commander in the United States, 1896-1904; Foreign Secretary, in London, 1904-7; Special Commissioner for India and Ceylon, 1907-19; and travelling Commissioner until his retirement in 1924. Emma Booth-Tucker died in USA on 28 October 1903, following a railway accident, and in June 1906 Frederick Booth-Tucker married Colonel Minnie Read.
He wrote a number of poems and songs, and compiled a collection of One Hundred Favourite Songs of The Salvation Army, 1899, in the United States. He was the first editor of 'The Officer' magazine in 1893, and was the author of several books, including a Life of Catherine Booth, 1892; The Consul, 1903; and Muktifauj 1923 - the story of the first 40 years of the Army in India and Ceylon.
He was promoted to Glory - 17 July 1929 Stoke Newington, London and buried at Abney Park Cemetery.
'Look Eastward for his Monument' the tribute to Commissioner Booth-Tucker
published in The War Cry - 27 July 1929
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