Charles Henry Chandos Henniker-Major, 6th Baron Henniker, 3rd Baron Hartismere, DL (25 January 1872 – 4 February 1956) was a British peer and British army officer.

Background and education

Charles Henniker-Major was the second son of

John Henniker-Major, 5th Baron Henniker John Major Henniker-Major, 5th Baron Henniker VD DL (7 November 1842 – 27 June 1902), was a British peer and Conservative politician. Background and education Henniker was the son of John Henniker-Major, 4th Baron Henniker, and was educated ...

, who with his wife Lady Alice Cuffe, the only daughter of the 3rd Earl of Desart, had twelve children. After education at

Eton Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. Eton may also refer to: Places *Eton, Berkshire, a town in Berkshire, England * Eton, Georgia, a town in the United States * Éton, a commune in the Meuse dep ...

and

RMC Sandhurst The Royal Military College (RMC), founded in 1801 and established in 1802 at Great Marlow and High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England, but moved in October 1812 to Sandhurst, Berkshire, was a British Army military academy for training infantry ...

, Henniker-Major was commissioned into the British Army in 1891. He served on the North-West Frontier of India in 1897–1898 and by 1898 was a captain in the

Rifle Brigade The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers. They were soon renamed the "Rifle ...

. In 1907 he was promoted to major in the 3rd Battalion, the Rifle Brigade. He served in the First World War from 1914 to 1918. He was a lieutenant-colonel of the Rifle Brigade, commanding Rifle Depot from 1917 to 1919. Henniker-Major held the office of

Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

(J.P.) for

East Suffolk East Suffolk may refer to the following places in Suffolk, England: * East Suffolk (county), a county until 1974 * East Suffolk District, a local government district established in 2019 * East Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency), an electoral dist ...

and he was also a Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) for the same county. Lord Henniker, 5th Baron Henniker's eldest son died of pneumonia at age 35, and upon Lord Henniker's death in 1902 Charles Henniker-Major became the 5th Baron Henniker. He died unmarried in 1956 and was succeeded as Baron Henniker and Baron Hartismere by his brother John Ernest de Grey Henniker-Major, 7th baron. The Thornham estate belonged to members of the Henniker-Major family since by its purchase in the 18th century by

Sir John Major, 1st Baronet Sir John Major, 1st Baronet (17 May 1698 – 22 February 1781) was a British merchant, Member of Parliament and Sheriff of Sussex. Major was born at Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and started in business there, commanding a shi ...

. In 1920 Charles Henniker-Major owned about 11,100 acres, after selling 21,000 acres in 1919 due to financial problems.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Henniker-Major, Charles 06th Baron 1872 births 1956 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Younger sons of barons People educated at Eton College Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Rifle Brigade officers British Army personnel of World War I Deputy Lieutenants of Suffolk Barons Henniker