Frederick St. George De Lautour Booth-Tucker

Born in Monghyr, India, on 21 March 1853, Frederick St. George de Lautour Booth-Tucker was the son of William Thornhill Tucker, a deputy commissioner in the Indian Civil Service. He was educated at Cheltenham College, later served in the Indian Civil Service himself, and experienced a Christian conversion during the Moody and Sankey campaigns in London in 1875.

While on leave in England in 1881, he joined The Salvation Army. In 1882 he led a group of pioneer officers to India, where he became widely associated with the name "Fakir Singh" and was remembered for adapting closely to Indian ways of life and dress. After the death of his first wife, Louisa Mary, he married Emma Booth in 1888 and adopted the name Booth-Tucker. Over the years he held major Salvation Army leadership roles in India, London, and the United States, including work as Territorial Commander in the U.S. and later Special Commissioner for India and Ceylon.

He also wrote poems, songs, and books, including Life of Catherine Booth and The Consul. Sources from The Salvation Army especially remember him for his work in India and for rehabilitation efforts among communities then labeled by colonial authorities as "criminal tribes." He died in London on 17 July 1929.