John Charlton (1829–1862) was a British jockey, most famous for winning an Oaks/Derby double on Blink Bonny, only the second filly to achieve the feat.

[1] The dismissal did not hold him back, and his first major successes came in 1853, when he won both the 1,000 Guineas on Mentmore Lass and the Doncaster Cup on Hungerford, both owned by Baron Meyer de Rothschild.

Hungerford was Charlton's favourite horse, and as well as the Doncaster Cup, he also won the Northamptonshire Stakes and Great Yorkshire Handicap on it.

Blink Bonny was a bay filly, and though powerfully built and talented, she was unpopular with stable staff at I'Anson's yard at Hungerford House.

In what came to be known as the "Blink Bonny Riot",[2] Charlton was pulled from the horse and would have been assaulted by the mob without the intervention of former prize-fighters John Gully and Tom Sayers.

"[2] Charlton's finest riding feat came when winning the Goodwood Cup on Nancy, beating Alfred Day on Cossack by a head, in a fine display of horsemanship by both men.

[2] He was not a showy or flash horseman, with few peculiarities by which he could be distinguished, although when he won the Ascot Gold Cup on Skirmisher, it was said that "seldom ...[had a race been] ridden in a prettier or more finished style".