Sir Charles Hugh Willis Troughton CBE MC TD (27 August 1916 – 13 May 1991)[1] was a British businessman and barrister who was chairman of W H Smith, director of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes, and chairman of the British Council.
Troughton was born in Chalfont St Giles[2] near Amersham, Buckinghamshire, the son of stockbroker Charles Vivian Troughton (1884–1955) and Constance Lilia "Scylla" Tate (1888–1973).
As a prisoner of war, No 662, he read for the Bar through the Red Cross from 1943 at OFLAG 7c and was awarded a first.
He was also director of the Equity & Law Life Assurance Society PLC (1965–77); Thomas Tilling Ltd (1973–79); Barclays Bank (UK) Management (1973–81) and Barclays Bank International (1977–82).
He was also a director of Times Newspapers Holdings;[5] Whitbread & Co.;[6] and William Collins, Sons.