Charles Warren

General Sir Charles Warren GCMG KCB FRS
Charles Warren carbon print portrait by Herbert Rose Barraud of London
Born	(1840-02-07)7 February 1840 Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
Died	21 January 1927(1927-01-21) (aged 86) Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
Buried	Churchyard at Westbere, Kent
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1857–c.1905
Rank	General
Unit	Royal Engineers
Commands	5th Division, South African Field Force (1899–1900) Straits Settlements (1889–94) Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (1886–88) Suakim (1886) Bechuanaland Expedition (1884–1885) Northern Border Expedition (1879) Griqualand West Diamond Fields Horse
Battles / wars	Transkei War Bechuanaland Expedition Second Boer War Battle of Spion Kop Battle of Faber's Put
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches Order of the Medjidie, Third Class (Ottoman Empire)
Other work	Palestine Expeditionary Fund The Scout Association

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General Sir Charles Warren, GCMG, KCB, FRS (7 February 1840 – 21 January 1927) was an officer in the British Royal Engineers. He was one of the earliest European archaeologists of the Biblical Holy Land, and particularly of the Temple Mount. Much of his military service was spent in British South Africa. Previously he was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the head of the London Metropolitan Police, from 1886 to 1888 during the Jack the Ripper murders. His command in combat during the Second Boer War was criticised, but he achieved considerable success during his long life in his military and civil posts.