Charles Stuart William Palmer OBE (15 April 1930–17 August 2001) was a British martial artist.
In 1948, under the teachings of Gunji Koizumi and Trevor Leggett of the Budokwai, he was awarded the grade of 1st dan black belt.
At age 18, Palmer was called up for National Service where served with the Royal Military Police teaching judo.
On his return from Japan, Charles Palmer and fellow 4th dan, Geof Gleeson, joined Gunji Koizumi and Trevor Leggett as Senior Instructor at the Budokwai.
He persuaded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to give Judo regular place on the Games program from 1972.
In 1983 Charles Palmer was successful in an election for the post of Chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA).
During his period of office had to contend with much political wrangling; he had been influential in the decision of the BOA to send a team to attend the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, in opposition to the opinion of the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher (which he felt had cost him the possibility of a knighthood).