Thomas Charlton died at his home in Tavistock, Devon, on 20th December, 1950, at the age of 69.
He studied geology and metallurgy at King’s College, London, from 1897 to 1900, and subsequently obtained practical mining experience in Spain under his father, the late Mr. William Charlton, at the mines of Messrs. T. Sopwith and Co., Linares. From 1902 to 1906 he was under manager at Posadas, Spain, of the Calamon mines of La Sociedad Minera Dos Naciones, which in 1905 became the Calamon Mining Co. of Spain, Ltd. In the following two years he managed that Company’s ‘Montenegro’ mine, and from 1908 to 1909 was in charge of the San Luis copper mines in Spain.
In 1910 Mr. Charlton went to Nigeria, where he was in charge of several properties of the Tin Areas of Nigeria, Ltd., Nigerian Tin Trust and Exploration, Ltd., and German African Tins, Ltd. On the outbreak of war in 1914 he returned to England and received a commission in the South Wales Borderers, transferring to the Royal Engineers in 1915. He served in France, was wounded three times and gassed, and demobilized in 1919. In 1921 he went to Brazil as assistant manager of the Itabira Iron Ore Co., Ltd., Minas Geraes, later becoming manager, and remained with that Company until ill health forced him to retire in 1939, since when he had lived at Tavistock.
Mr. Charlton was elected a Student of the Institution in 1900, and was transferred to Associate Membership in 1909.
Vol. 60, Trans I.M.M. 1950-51, p. 255
