Sir Charles Yate, 1st Baronet

Colonel Sir Charles Edward Yate, 1st Baronet, CSI, CMG (28 August 1849 – 29 February 1940) was an English soldier and administrator in British India and later a politician in Britain.

Yate was born at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, the son of the village's vicar. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Rossall School and in 1867 purchased an Ensigncy in the 49th Foot.

In 1871 he was promoted Lieutenant and transferred to the Bombay Staff Corps of the Indian Army and later to the Indian Political Service, serving as an assistant political superintendent in Rajputana.

He was promoted Captain in 1879 and commanded a detachment of the 29th Bombay Infantry during the Second Afghan War, 1879–1880. He then served on General Roberts's staff and served as political officer in charge of Kandahar from August 1880 until May 1881. From 1884 to 1886 he served with the Afghan Boundary Commission. For this work he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) in 1887 and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1888, being promoted Major between these two awards. He was also awarded the Afghan Order of Hurmat. During this time, Yate was a supporter of the Pashtun colonisation of northern Afghanistan, writing in 1893 that "[i]t is only the non-Afghan tribes such as the Maimanah Uzbegs [Uzbeks], the Herati Hazarahs and Jamshidis, etc. that have any intercourse or communication with the Turkomans or Russians, and once encircled by Afghans they are safe."

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