Charles Tucker (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Sir Charles Tucker GCB GCVO (died 22 December 1935) was a British Army General during the early years of the twentieth century.

Military career
Tucker was commissioned into the 22nd Foot in 1855.

He first came to prominence during the Zulu war when, as a Major, he commanded the Fort at Kopje Allein in 1879. By the time of the Second Boer War he was a senior commander and was ordered by Lord Roberts to garrison the City of Pretoria.

Returning to the UK, he became General Officer Commanding Scottish District in 1903 and, subsequently, the first General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Scottish Command in 1905: he retired later that year.

He was also Colonel of the Cheshire Regiment and of the South Staffordshire Regiment.

Family
He married first, in 1865, Matilda Frederica Hayter (d 1897), daughter of John Hayter, Painter-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria, and 2nd, in 1902, Nelly O´Connell, only daughter of Sir Maurice O’Connell, 2nd Bt.

Decorations
Most Honourable Order of the Bath
 * Companion, CB, 1879
 * Knight Commander, KCB, 29 November 1900, in recognition of services in connection with the Campaign in South Africa 1899-1900
 * Knight Grand Cross, GCB, 1912

Royal Victorian Order
 * Knight Grand Cross, GCVO, 1905