caption resting_place death_date death_place net_worth children resting_place_coordinates parents birth_date alma_mater known_for spouse image article_title name occupation death_cause
a photograph of charles cruft , published in 1902 highgate cemetery 10 september 1938 highbury , london , england # 30476 9s 3d charles helen grace -lrb- from first marriage -rrb- francis , louise , cecil arthur and clara 51.5679 title -0.1488 type : landmark_region : gb inline , charles cruft -lrb- father -rrb- 28 june 1852 ardingly college , sussex birkbeck college , london crufts dog show charlotte -lrb- second wife -rrb- hutchinson -lrb- first wife -rrb- emma isabel hartshorn charlescruft.jpg charles cruft -lrb- showman -rrb-
 charles cruft show promoter and businessman myocardial infarction
charles cruft -lrb- showman -rrb-

charles alfred cruft -lrb- 28 june 1852 -- 10 september 1938 -rrb- was a british showman who founded the crufts dog show .
charles first became involved with dogs when he began to work at spratt 's , a manufacturer of dog biscuits .
he rose to the position of general manager , and whilst working for spratt 's in france he was invited to run his first dog show at the 1878 exposition universelle .
after running dog shows in london for four years , he ran his first cruft 's dog show in 1891 , and continued to run a further 45 shows until his death in 1938 , as well as running two cat shows in 1894 and 1895 .
he was involved in a range of dog breed clubs , including that for schipperkes , pugs and borzois .
he and his wife upheld a story that they never owned a dog , and instead owned a cat , however cruft admitted to owning at least one saint bernard in his memoirs , published posthumously .
