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[[Major-General (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Sir Richard Henry Havelock Charles, 1st Baronet''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCVO|KCSI}} (10 March 1858 – 27 October 1934) was a British doctor, and [[Serjeant Surgeon]] to [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]].

==Early life and medical career==
Charles was born in [[Cookstown]], [[County Tyrone]], the sixth son of David Hughes Charles MD and Annie Elizabeth Allen, and named after Sir [[Henry Havelock]], who had died two months earlier. He was educated at [[Queen's College, Cork]], before joining the [[Indian Medical Service]] as a surgeon in April 1882. In the year 1894, he was appointed as a Professor of Anatomy at the [[Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata|Medical College, Calcutta]], and surgeon at the College Hospital.<ref>Hart´s Army list, 1903</ref> On 1 April 1902 he was promoted to [[Lieutenant-colonel (British Army)|lieutenant-colonel]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 27444 |page=4053 |date= 20 June 1902 }}</ref> and later attained the rank of [[Major-general (British Army)|major-general]]. During his tenure as a surgeon in the [[Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata|Medical College, Calcutta]], he also served as the staff surgeon to the Prince of Wales (later [[George V]] during the latter's tour of India. Following this, Charles was appointed a [[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] (KCVO) in 1906,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27913 |date=15 May 1906 |page=3324}}</ref> promoted to [[Knight Grand Cross]] (GCVO) in 1912<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28580 |date=13 February 1912 |page=1048}}</ref> and was appointed a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] (KCSI) in 1923.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32782 |date=1 January 1923 |page=4 |supp=y}}</ref>

==Court appointment==
On his return to India and upon ascension of [[George V]] to the throne, Charles was appointed Serjeant Surgeon to [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] from 1910 to 1928, and was later Honorary Serjeant Surgeon to His Majesty. He was created a [[Baronet]], of The Abbey Grange, Waltham Abbey, in the County of Essex and of Manchester Square in the Parish of St Marylebone in the County of London, on 20 March 1928.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33343 |date=30 December 1927 |pages=1–2 |supp=y}}</ref>

==Family==
Charles married Gertrude Seton Gordon, and they had two children, Sir Allen Aitcheson Havelock Charles, 2nd Baronet, and [[Sir Noel Charles, 3rd Baronet]].

He died at his home in Manchester Square, London W1, and is buried in [[Brompton Cemetery]], London.
[[File:RichardHavelockCharlesBrompton01.jpg|thumb|right|Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London]]
He was succeeded as 2nd Baronet by his son, Captain Sir Allen Aitcheson Havelock Charles, who established the ''Richard Havelock Charles Scholarships and Medals'' at [[Queen's University Belfast]] in his honour.

==References==
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* [http://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a1617 Dictionary of Irish Biography]
* ''Dictionary of Irish Biography: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2002'', nine volumes, eds. James McGuire and James Quinn, [[Cambridge]], 2009. {{ISBN|0-521-63331-1}}

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