Background
Charles was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, the sixth son of David Hughes Charles Doctor of Medicine and Annie Elizabeth Allen, and named after Sir Henry Havelock, who had died two months earlier.
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He was educated at Queen"s College, Cork, before joining the Indian Medical Service as a surgeon in April 1882.
Career
He was a Professor of Anatomy at the Medical College, Calcutta, and surgeon at the College Hospital. Charles was appointed physician to the Prince of Wales and Serjeant Surgeon to King George V from 1910–1928, and was later Honorary Serjeant Surgeon to His Majesty. He was created a Baronet, of The Abbey Grange, Waltham Abbey, in the County of Essex and of Manchester Square in the Parish of Street Marylebone in the County of London, on 20 March 1928.
Charles married Gertrude Seton Gordon, and they had two children, Sir Allen Aitcheson Havelock Charles, 2nd Baronet, and Sir Noel Charles, 3rd Baronet.
He died at his home in Manchester Square, London W1, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
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Ireland