COMMISSIONERS WYCLIFFE AND RENEE BOOTH

Wyciffe Booth is a grandson to the founder William Booth and younger son to General and Mrs. Bramwell Booth. He became an officer from High Barnet Corps, England in 1916 and married Captain Renee Peyron, daughter of Commissioner and Mrs. A Peyron. Four of their children are officers.

Commissioner and Mrs. Booth have served in the British Territory, in Switzerland, and in France, where the Commissioner was Territorial Commander. He was appointed to the command of Norway in 1951 and has had a successful term in that country. He was one of the nominees for the position of General in the High council held in 1954, when Commissioner W. Kitching was elected international leader of the Salvation Army.

As a young officer, Commissioner Booth accompanied his father as ADC during one of Bramwell Booth’s memorable visits to Canada.