Charles Tooth

The Reverend Charles Tooth was an Anglican clergyman and founder of St Mark's English Church, Florence. Early life Charles Tooth was born 14 February 1831 in Cranbrooke, Kent. He was the son of Robert Tooth (1799–1867) and Mary Ann Reader (c. 1801 – 1845). Tooth became managing partner of the Tooth Brothers' brewery (later Crescent Brewery) in Burton upon Trent in 1855. This was founded mainly to export beer to the business run by his brothers Robert (1821–1893), Edwin and Frederick in Sydney, Australia where demand for beer had increased as a result of the Australian gold rushes. It closed after financial problems early in the next decade. He was author or coauthor of patents related to brewing. Ministry Tooth was admitted as a fellow-commoner to Downing College in 1860 and graduated from the University of Cambridge with a B.A. in 1864. He was ordained deacon in 1863 and priest in 1864 (his brothers Arthur and William Augustus also studied at Cambridge and were ordained in the same year).