Sir Charles Yate, 1st Baronet

Colonel Sir Charles Edward Yate, 1st Baronet CSI CMG (28 August 1849 – 29 February 1940) was a British soldier and administrator in India and later a politician in Britain.

Yate was born at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, the son of the village's vicar. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Rossall School and in 1867 purchased an Ensigncy in the 49th Foot.^[1] In 1871 he was promoted Lieutenant^[2] and transferred to the Bombay Staff Corps of the Indian Army^[3] and later to the Indian Political Service, serving as an assistant political superintendent in Rajputana.

He was promoted Captain in 1879^[4] and commanded a detachment of the 29th Bombay Infantry during the Second Afghan War, 1879–1880. He then served on General Roberts's staff and served as political officer in charge of Kandahar from August 1880 until May 1881. From 1884 to 1886 he served with the Afghan Boundary Commission. For this work he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) in 1887^[5] and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1888,^[6] being promoted Major between these two awards.

In 1889 he was appointed British political agent in Muscat, in 1890 consul at Muscat,^[7] then political agent in Baluchistan, and in 1893 agent to the Governor-General to Khorasan and Sistan, based in Mashhad, Persia. He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1893^[8] and consul-general in 1896.^[9] In 1898 he returned to Rajputana and in 1900 was appointed Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan. He was promoted Colonel in 1901,^[10] and retired from the Indian Political Service in 1904 and the Indian Army in 1906.

He returned to England in 1904 and in December 1910 was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Melton, Leicestershire. He served until 1924.

Yate was created a Baronet, of Madeley Hall in the County of Shropshire, for his political service in the 1921 New Year Honours.^[11] His only son died in childhood in 1910 (although he also had two daughters), and so the baronetcy became extinct upon his death.

Footnotes

1. ^ London Gazette: no. 23320. p. 5932. 8 November 1867.
2. ^ London Gazette: no. 23750. p. 2943. 27 June 1871.
3. ^ London Gazette: no. 23882. p. 3443. 2 August 1872.
4. ^ London Gazette: no. 24806. p. 392. 27 January 1880.
5. ^ London Gazette: no. 25673. p. 786. 15 February 1887.
6. ^ London Gazette: no. 25825. p. 3185. 8 June 1888.
7. ^ London Gazette: no. 26031. p. 1328. 11 March 1890.
8. ^ London Gazette: no. 26478. p. 441. 23 January 1894.
9. ^ London Gazette: no. 26782. p. 5437. 2 October 1896.
10. ^ London Gazette: no. 27283. p. 1064. 12 February 1901.
11. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32178. p. 2. 1 January 1921.

References

• Biography, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Political offices
Preceded by Hugh Shakespear Barnes	Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan 20 November 1900 – 4 November 1904	Succeeded by John Ramsay
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Madeley Hall) 1921 – 1940	Extinct