CHARLES BOOTH / MERCHANT SHIPOWNER / MEMBER OF HIS MAJESTYS MOST / HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL / BORN 1840 DIED 1916 / Throughout his life having at heart / the welfare of his fellow citizens and / believing that exact knowledge of / realities is the foundation of all reform / he devoted himself to the examination / and statement of the social industrial / and religious condition of the people / of London. Those who knew him loved / him and drew inspiration from the / energy of his leadership and the / originality of his mind / IN FAITH HOPE AND LOVE / THEY DEDICATE THIS TABLET TO HIS MEMORY'EXPECTANS / RESURRECTIONEM / MORTUORUM
