Charles Napier Miles CB MVO (9 April 1854 — 25 May 1918) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Miles was born in Bristol at Clifton in April 1854 to the politician . He was educated at Eton College, where he played for the college cricket eleven. After completing his education, Miles was commissioned into the Royal North Gloucestershire Militia as a lieutenant in July 1872. In 1874, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the against the Gentlemen of Kent at the Canterbury Cricket Week. Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for 8 runs Henry Renny-Tailyour. He transferred from the militia to the regular army in November 1875, joining the 1st Regiment of Life Guards. Miles served in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882, being mentioned in dispatches a