Sir Charles William James Orr, KCMG (20 September 1870 – 1945) was a British colonial administrator.
[1] He was born the youngest son of Major Andrew Orr of Co. Londonderry and educated at Bath College and the Royal Military College, Woolwich.
Serving in British India, he was promoted to captain on 7 September 1899.
[7][8][9] Charles’ elder sister was the astronomer Mary Acworth Orr.
[11] Orr wrote two well-received books during his career, The Making of Northern Nigeria in 1911 and Cyprus under British Rule (1918).