Martin Percival Charlesworth (18 January 1895 – 26 October 1950) was a classical scholar.
[1] He was born in Eastham, then in Cheshire, the son of Rev Ambrose Charlesworth, the curate of the parish, and Alice Whish.
He was educated at Birkenhead School and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was a Rustat Scholar.
He served as an officer in the Egyptian Labour Corps in the Middle East during the First World War.
Owen Chadwick described Charlesworth as "a wonderful teacher; a rip-roaring man, full of go and humour, and generosity".