Charles Henniker-Major, 6th Baron Henniker

Charles Henniker-Major was the second son of John Henniker-Major, 5th Baron Henniker, who with his wife Lady Alice Cuffe, the only daughter of the 3rd Earl of Desart, had twelve children.[2] After education at Eton and RMC Sandhurst, Henniker-Major was commissioned into the British Army in 1891. He served on the North-West Frontier of India in 1897–1898 and by 1898 was a captain in the Rifle Brigade. In 1907 he was promoted to major in the 3rd Battalion, the Rifle Brigade. He served in the First World War from 1914 to 1918.[3] He was a lieutenant-colonel of the Rifle Brigade, commanding Rifle Depot from 1917 to 1919.[2]

Henniker-Major held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for East Suffolk and he was also a Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) for the same county.[1]

Lord Henniker, 5th Baron Henniker's eldest son died of pneumonia at age 35, and upon Lord Henniker's death in 1902 Charles Henniker-Major became the 5th Baron Henniker. He died unmarried in 1956 and was succeeded as Baron Henniker and Baron Hartismere by his brother John Ernest de Grey Henniker-Major, 7th baron.[4]

The Thornham estate belonged to members of the Henniker-Major family since by its purchase in the 18th century by Sir John Major, 1st Baronet.[2] In 1920 Charles Henniker-Major owned about 11,100 acres,[1] after selling 21,000 acres in 1919 due to financial problems.[2]