Colonel Sir Charles Sim Bremridge Parsons, KCMG, CB, FRGS (9 May 1855 – 25 June 1923) was an officer in the British Army, who spent most of his career serving in the African continent.

[5] In September 1898, a British battalion commanded by Parsons took possession of the Sudanese town of Gedaref, first defeating a Dervish army of 3,500 men.

He commanded a squadron of the Imperial Yeomanry in the November 1900 relief of Koffiefontein; this is referred to as "Parson's Pantomime" in "The Captive", Rudyard Kipling's 1902 short story on the Boer War.

[9] Shortly after, Parsons was appointed Deputy Military Governor of Northern Cape Colony, Commandant of the West Kimberley District and Assistant Inspector-general, Southern lines of Communication.

[10] After a brief period in England as assistant adjutant-general at Woolwich, he ended his military career as staff Colonel, British forces in Canada, with the temporary rank of Major General.