General Sir Charles Henry Ellice GCB (10 May 1823 – 12 November 1888) was a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.

He arrived and rode ahead to discuss the disarming of the garrison with their British Commander and made preparation for it to be carried out the following day whilst the 14th Bengal Native Infantry were on parade.

He was dangerously wounded in the neck, right shoulder, and leg leading a charge to break through the enemy lines.

[6] In this role he advised the Government that the defeat at the Battle of Isandlwana of 1879 had arisen because they had underestimated the military capability of the Zulus.

[3] In 1862 he married Louisa, daughter of William Henry Lambton, brother of the first Earl of Durham.

He left one daughter, Eliza (died 1899), married to Henry Bouverie William Brand, first Viscount Hampden.