Charles W. H. Douglas

General Sir Charles Whittingham Horsley Douglas, GCB, ADC (17 July 1850 – 25 October 1914) was a British Army officer who served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the First Boer War, the Suakin Expedition, the Second Boer War and the First World War. He was Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the first three months of the First World War but died from strain and overwork without having any meaningful influence on the outcome of the war.

1914

 * - Replaced Field Marshal Sir John French as Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
 * - Appointed Aide-de-Camp General to The King.
 * - Died from ill health, strain and overwork at his home at Eaton Square, London.