Major-General Sir Charles St Leger Barter, KCB, KCMG, CVO (1857–1931) was a career British Army officer.

[1] From 1899 to 1902 Barter was in command of the 2nd Battalion of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, serving in South Africa during the Second Boer War.

[2] After the war had ended in June 1902, Barter resigned his command of the battalion and was placed on half-pay with a brevet promotion to colonel on 19 July 1902,[3][4] leaving Cape Town for Southampton the following month.

[5] For his service, Barter was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the April 1901 South Africa Honours list (the award was dated to 29 November 1900),[6] and he received the actual decoration after his return, from King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 1902.

[7] Following his return, Barter was on 6 September 1902 appointed assistant adjutant-general of the Thames District, based at Chatham, Kent,[8][9] with the substantive rank of colonel.