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Brigadier General Claud Edward Charles Graham Charlton CB CMG DSO DL (25 August 1871 – 26 June 1961) was a British Army officer and Deputy Lieutenant for Essex.[1]
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Charlton was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Richard Granville Charlton. He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[1]
He served in the Tirah Campaign of 1897-98 and in the Sudan in 1902.
In 1906, he married Gwendoline, daughter of Arthur Whitaker of Cadogan Square, London.
During his career he served with the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery. In the First World War, he was mentioned in despatches and was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre. From 1920 to 1923, he commanded West Lancashire Division of the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) and was Military Attaché at the British Embassy in Washington D.C. from 1923 to 1927.
From 1928, he lived at Great Canfield Park in Takeley, Essex. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for Essex and High Sheriff of that county for 1947–48.[1][2]
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