Career
Faulkner was part of a group of Birmingham men at Pembroke College, Oxford known among themselves as the "Brotherhood" and to historians as the Birmingham Secretariat, along with Richard Watson Dixon and William Fulford. Through them he met William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, with whom he worked on a number of projects, including the Oxford Union murals and the decoration of Red House. Faulkner participated in the firm"s early design commissions including painting the chancel roof of Street Michael"s Church, Brighton.
Faulkner"s sisters Kate and Lucy were also associated with the firm as artists and designers.
Two of Charles Faulkner"s cartoons or design drawings for stained glass, part of a series depicting the story of Dives and Lazarus, are in the Victoria and Albert Museum. At Oxford, Faulkner served as bursar (1864-1882), dean of degrees (1875-1889), registrar (1866-1882) and librarian (1884-1889).
He resigned his Oxford fellowship after suffering a stroke in 1888 and died in 1892.