Charles Harvey (Indian Army officer)


Sir Charles Offley Harvey, CB, CVO, CBE, MC was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War I and World War II.
He was appointed CVO in 1922 for performing the duties of Assistant Military Secretary to the Prince of Wales during His
Royal Highness's Indian Tour.
In the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia he commanded 8th Indian Infantry Division, part of Paiforce.
He was knighted in 1946 for his services as Military Adviser in Chief to the Indian State Forces.
He was assistant managing director of the Guinness Brewery with responsibility for personnel 1946-1961 and the founding chairman of the Irish Management Institute 1952-1956. He is commemorated in the IMI's Sir Charles Harvey Awards, conferred on leading MBA graduates in Irish universities.

Army career

He was assistant managing director of the Guinness Brewery with responsibility for personnel from 1946-1961 and the founding chairman of the Irish Management Institute from 1952-1956. He is commemorated in the IMI's Sir Charles Harvey Awards, conferred on leading MBA graduates in Irish universities.