Charles Henderson is a fictional character from the ''

Henderson's Boys ''Henderson's Boys'' is a series of young adult spy fiction, spy novels written by the English author Robert Muchamore. The series follows Charles Henderson, the creator of the fictitious CHERUB organisation. The novels are set between 1940 and 1 ...

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Robert Muchamore Robert Muchamore (born 26 December 1971) is an English author, most notable for writing the '' CHERUB'' and ''Henderson's Boys'' novels. Early life Robert Muchamore was born in Tufnell Park, London, and is the youngest of four children. Muchamo ...

. He is the founder of

CHERUB A cherub (; plural cherubim; he, כְּרוּב ''kərūḇ'', pl. ''kərūḇīm'', likely borrowed from a derived form of akk, 𒅗𒊏𒁍 ''karabu'' "to bless" such as ''karibu'', "one who blesses", a name for the lamassu) is one of the u ...

and member of the obscure branch of Naval intelligence known as the ''Espionage Research Unit''.

Background and life

Charles Henderson attended Burghley Road Grammar school, leaving at the age of fifteen. He worked briefly at a die-cast metal works before following his father into the Royal Navy."Charles Henderson" He served on several different ships and reached the role of Commander by his early twenties. He turned down two offers of Captain. Henderson's language skills - which were very advanced - meant that he was more suited to a desk job. In 1935, he was transferred to the ''Espionage research Unit''. In 1939, as

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

broke out, he was sent to Europe to liaise with resistance movements. In 1940 he was sent to retrieve Paul and Rosie Clarke, two British children in possession of valuable radio blueprints that the Nazis also wanted. In his mission to get to the children first, he enlisted the help of

Marc Kilgour Marc Kilgour is a fictional character from the ''Henderson's Boys'' series of books by Robert Muchamore. He was born in France not long before World War II. He was found by Charles Henderson and helped him to foil Nazi Germany's planned invasion ...

, a French orphan. After successfully evacuating the children to England with the radio blueprints, he realized how useful children could be as spies and so persuaded the government to set up CHERUB. He was shot and murdered by his wife Joan for reasons unknown in 1946.

Physical appearance

Henderson is above average height with dark hair. He has a slightly unkempt appearance but has good teeth.

Academia

Henderson has an aptitude for languages; he speaks the five major European languages fluently and can mimic regional dialects accurately.

Appearances

The Escape

Henderson is undertaking an operation in France. German agents are tracking two children, Paul and Rosie Clarke. He has to reach them before they do. He finds himself enlisting the help of

, a French orphan. Paul and Rosie have the plans for a top-secret radio receiver which must be delivered back to England. Henderson accompanies them across France to Bordeaux where he send them on their way. Henderson stays with Marc to get him a passport so that he can make the crossing

Eagle Day

Henderson has to contact the British Secret Service with plans of the German invasion of Britain. He takes a job as a translator for the Germans so he can copy the invasion plans. Marc also becomes a translator for the Germans and assists Henderson with the operation. Henderson returns to Britain at the end of the book announcing that staying much longer in occupied France would be a suicide mission.

One Shot Kill

Henderson is tasked with leading a team of CHERUB agents and an American sergeant into occupied France in an effort to stop the development of the V-1 Flying Bomb.

Grey Wolves

Henderson is tasked with commanding an undercover operation with 6 CHERUB agents. During which, his son - Terence Henderson, future chairman of CHERUB - is born and he is promoted to Captain.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, Charles Fictional British secret agents Henderson's Boys characters Literary characters introduced in 2009