Charles Longbottom

Charles Brooke Longbottom OBE (22 July 1930 – 5 February 2013) was a British barrister, businessman and politician. In his later years his interest turned to Christian healing and education. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for public and charitable services.

Longbottom was educated at Uppingham School, and then read for the Bar, being called in 1958 by the Inner Temple. He was interested in politics from an early age and was Vice Chairman of the Young Conservatives Advisory Committee in 1953-1954; while a student he was part of the United Kingdom delegation to the World Assembly of Youth Services in Genval, Belgium.

After fighting in the 1955 general election, Longbottom was selected for York and won the seat in the 1959 general election.Iain Macleod, the Leader of the House of Commons, picked him as his Parliamentary Private Secretary in 1961; he served until Macleod went out of office in 1963.

After losing his seat at the 1966 general election, Longbottom went into the shipbuilding business. He was chairman of Austin & Pickersgill shipbuilders (based in Sunderland) from 1966 to 1972, and of A&P Appledore International Ltd from 1970 to 1979. He joined Seascope in 1970 and was chairman of several subsidiary companies. In the 1980s his business career diversified into financial services and was a Director of Henry Ansbacher & Co from 1982 to 1987.

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