Charles John Tottenham, 8th Marquess of Ely (30 May 1913 – 1 February 2006) was an English-born educator and peer.

Born in Binsted, Tottenham emigrated to Canada to attend Queen's University at Kingston in the 1930s.

Tottenham died in 2006 in Port Hope, Ontario, and was succeeded by his son John as the 9th Marquess of Ely.

At the Royal Military College of Canada, Tottenham became an assistant librarian and French teacher.

He later worked as a translator at an insurance company before being employed as a language teacher at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario.

[10] Tottenham later got engaged to Elspeth Ann Hay in July 1978;[11] they married on 28 December in the Chapel of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.