Charles Burnett (British Army officer)


 * For the Royal Air Force officer of the same name who started his career in the British Army, see Charles Burnett (RAF officer).

General Sir Charles John Burnett KCB KCVO was a British Army General during the early years of the twentieth century.

Military career
Burnett was commissioned into the 15th Foot in 1861.

He rose to be Assistant Adjutant-General at Aldershot in 1893 before being posted to India where he was Commander of the Poona District by 1900.

He was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Command from 1907 to 1910.

In was also Colonel of the Royal Irish Rifles.