A Man of Push and Go. The life of George Macaulay Booth

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George M Booth, 1877-1971, apart from leading Alfred Booth & Co Ltd from before 1914 to c1950s, had many other business interests, most notably as joint owner and chairman of White Drummond & Co whose subsidiary, Municipal & General Securities Ltd, (M&G) he developed as a pioneering unit trust management business [which is only briefly covered here]. He was son of Charles Booth, the prominent social scientist. This book is largely about his life outside business. Has chapters; 'Booths, Macaulays and potters on both sides'; 'Gracedieu'; 'Harrow and Trinity'; 'New York boss'; 'Marriage and the Amazon'; 'A steady London life'; '100,000 winter coats'; 'Kitchener's right hand - temporary, acting, unpaid'; 'The busiest man in London'; 'Lloyd George moves in'; 'Morgan aid'; 'Music and munitions'; ' The Booth mission'; 'Cravath's 'wise counsellor and guide''; 'Some FGBs'; 'Monty Norman's Bank'; 'Spreading the risk - the first unit trust'