Charlton Harrison

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Charlton Harrison (1881–1951) was a British civil engineer who spent most of his career in British India. He was born in Jamaica on 18 May 1881 and trained at the Royal Indian Engineering College. He joined the Indian Service of Engineers in 1902 and worked on irrigation and canal projects in Nasik and Sind, rising to chief engineer of the Sukkur Barrage project across the Indus River.

The Sukkur Barrage, completed in 1931, was designed by Arnold Musto and became one of the world’s largest irrigation schemes, capable of delivering water to millions of acres of farmland. Harrison led the project from the mid-1920s and ensured it finished on time and within budget. He was knighted in 1932 for his work.

Harrison retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1933 and settled in Jamaica, where he remained active in public life, including banana industry matters and various church and community organizations. He moved to England in the late 1940s and died on 3 July 1951 at Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, after a stroke. He was married to Violet Muriel Monamy Buckell, and they had three sons. His wife died in 1973.