Charles Arkoll Boulton (April 17, 1841 – May 15, 1899) is noted for his role in the Red River and North-West Rebellions.
He was born in Cobourg, Canada West in 1841, son of D’Arcy Edward Boulton and Emily Heath.
He sold his commission in the British Army in 1868, and he became a Major in the Canadian Militia with the 46th East Durham Battalion of Infantry.
On the orders of survey party leader, John Stoughton Dennis, he organized a group of volunteers to try to put down an uprising by Louis Riel.
[1] In 1885, he commanded a troop of militia cavalry known as Boulton's Scouts to help put down the North-West Rebellion.