Sir Charles Warren
1840 - January 21, 1927
Soldier, explorer and archaeologist, Charles Warren was born in Bangor and educated at Sandhurst. As an agent of the Palestine Exploration Fund in 1867, he surveyed Herod’s Temple and conducted excavations in Jerusalem, recording his discoveries in two books: The Temple or the Tomb and Under Jerusalem.
Warren was elected Founding Master of Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, in 1884.
Sir Charles was London Metropolitan Police Commissioner from March 1886 to November 7, 1888.