Charles Warren Military person

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 Biblical Holy Land, and particularly of Temple Mount. Much of his military service was spent in the British South Africa, but in earlier life he was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the head of the London Metropolitan Police, from 1886 to 1888, during the period of 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.

Personal facts

Birth date	February 07, 1840
Birth place	Gwynedd , Wales , Bangor Gwynedd
Date of death	January 21, 1927
Place of death	Weston-super-Mare , Somerset
Resting place	England , Kent , Westbere

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allegiance	British Empire
award	Order of the Bath Royal Society Order of the Medjidie Order of St Michael and St George
military operations	Battle of Spion Kop
military branch	British Army London
military command	Commander-in-Chief Griqualand West; Northern Border Expedition (1879); Bechuanaland Expedition (1884-1885); Suakim (1886); Commissioner Metropolitan Police (1886-1888); Straits Settlements (1889-1894); 5th Division South African Field Force (1899-1900)