General Sir Charles Patrick Ralph Palmer, KCVO, KBE (29 April 1933 – 23 November 1999) was a senior British Army officer.
Educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Palmer was commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1953.
[2] In 1980 Palmer was given command of the British Army Advisory Training Team in Zimbabwe, advising President Robert Mugabe.
[2] In 1986 he became Military Secretary and in 1989 he was promoted to full general and became Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe before retiring in 1992.
He retired from this position due to ill health in 1999 and was succeeded by Air Marshal Sir Richard Johns.