Stephen Flockton Charles (17 August 1858 − 24 June 1950) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Charles was born at Kensington in August 1858. He was educated at Harrow School, before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He graduated from Sandhurst in February 1878, entering into the Middlesex Regiment as a second lieutenant, before resigning his commission with the Middlesex Regiment in April of the same year. He was serving with the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1880, with promotion to the rank of lieutenant coming in July 1880. He was promoted to the rank of captain in July 1888. He married Mina Steele Watson in 1890, with Charles seconded for service with the Auxiliary Forces in July of the same year, with him vacating the secondment in May 1893.