John Charteris
| John Charteris | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 January 1877 |
| Died | 4 February 1946 (aged 69) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |
 British Army
|
| Years of service | 1893–1922 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards |
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
Brigadier General John Charteris CMG, DSO (1877–1946) was a British general during the First World War. He was Sir Douglas Haig's Chief of Intelligence at the British Expeditionary Force GHQ from 1915 to 1918.
Charteris was a Scot, born on 8 January 1877, probably in Glasgow, son of Matthew Charteris (1840-97), Regius Professor of Materia Medica at the University of Glasgow. He was from a distinguished academic family. His uncle was Archibald Hamilton Charteris (1835-1908), Professor of Liberal Criticism at the University of Edinburgh and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (1892). His older brother, also called Archibald Hamilton Charteris (1874-1940), was Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney, whilst another brother, Francis James Charteris, was Professor of Materia Medica at the University of St Andrews.
He attended Kelvinside Academy 1886-91, then spent a year studying maths and physics at Gottingen University. He was fluent in French and German. He entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in December 1893. He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in March 1896 and sent to India. He did not go to Staff College, Camberley, but instead entered Staff College, Quetta in 1907 and was the outstanding graduate of his year in 1909. Douglas Haig, then Chief of Staff India, and also a Freemason and a Presbyterian, became his patron. Haig’s wife disliked Charteris.
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