Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott was an agent for a land lord in Ireland, in the 19Th Century. When the landlords tried to impose heavy taxes on their tenants, the rebel leaders advised the tenants to isolate the greedy land owners like the leper in the past!

Boycott became the first victim of this excommunication from the rest of the society.The lives of his family members was made so difficult by the non cooperation of the others that soon the entire family had to flee to England.

The name of Captain Boycott became a part of English language meaning “refuse social or commercial relations with a person or nation by common consent and refusing to handle his goods.”