Charles Booth Brackenbury (7 November 1831 – 20 June 1890) was a British major general and military correspondent, part of a Lincolnshire family whose members fought in nearly all of Britain's wars of the 19th century.

His younger brother Henry (1837–1914) also became a distinguished army officer and military author.

[1] Commissioned as a Royal Artillery second lieutenant in 1850, Brackenbury was eventually promoted to lieutenant in September 1852 before serving (with the chestnut troop of the horse artillery) in the Crimean War in 1855 and 1856,[3][4] being decorated for services at the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55).

On 1 October 1889 he was appointed director of the Artillery College, and given the temporary rank of major-general.

Two sons Charles and Lionel both joined the Indian staff corps before they both died in India.