Charles Webster Leadbeater
Charles Webster Leadbeater was an influential member of the Theosophical Society, author on occult subjects and coinitiator with J. I. Wedgwood of the Liberal Catholic Church.
Leadbeater was born in Stockport, Cheshire, in 1854. His father, Charles Sr., was born in Lincoln and his mother Emma was born in Liverpool. He was an only child. By 1861 the family had relocated to London, where his father was a railway contractors clerk. From a young age, he had a strong conviction for a loving God and a belief in eternal life.
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