Sir Charles Harper KBE CMG (24 February 1876 – 13 May 1950) was a British civil servant. He was born in Barnstaple, Devon, England. He was educated at Blundell's School in Tiverton, and Exeter College, Oxford, and played rugby football for Oxford University and England. He was appointed an OBE in 1919 and knighted in 1930. In 1925 Harper was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the island of St. Helena (1925–1932) and he served with the Ministry of Food from 1939–1941.