Charles ffoulkes

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Charles John ffoulkes (1868–1947) was a British historian and curator of the Royal Armouries in London. He was the younger son of Reverend Edmund ffoulkes and wrote extensively on medieval arms and armour. In 1913 he became Curator of the Armouries, chosen by his predecessor Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon, and he took up the post on 1 January 1913. He served in World War I in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and commanded a pom-pom gun on the roof of Gresham College during a Zeppelin attack on 8 September 1915. He played a key role in the British Arts and Crafts movement and was an acquaintance of William Morris. After the war, he became the first curator and secretary of the Imperial War Museum in London. He was awarded an OBE in the 1925 Birthday Honours. His wife Maude Mary Chester ffoulkes (née Craven) (1871–1949) was a ghostwriter.