Charles Boycott
British land agent (1832-1897) · United Kingdom · Founders · Died at 65
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Something wrong?Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott was an English land agent whose ostracism by his local community in Ireland gave the English language the term boycott. He had served in the British Army 39th Foot, which brought him to Ireland.
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St Mary's church at Burgh St Peter in Norfolk, where Boycott's father William Boycott was vicar, and where Charles Boycott is buried
The former house of Charles Boycott on Achill Island. The house has been modernised and renovated since Boycott's time.
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Charles Stewart ParnellAbout this person
Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott was an English land agent whose ostracism by his local community in Ireland gave the English language the term boycott. He had served in the British Army 39th Foot, which brought him to Ireland. After retiring from the army, Boycott worked as a land agent for Lord Erne, a landowner in the Lough Mask area of County Mayo.
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