| Charles Halton | |
| Birth Name: | Charles Christopher Halton |
| Birth Date: | 4 March 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Yorkshire, Northern England |
| Office1: | Director-General of the Department of Civil Aviation |
| Term Start1: | 30 September 1973 |
| Term End1: | 30 November 1973 |
| Office2: | Secretary of the Department of Transport |
| Term Start2: | 5 November 1973 |
| Term End2: | 7 May 1982 |
| Office3: | Secretary of the Department of Defence Support |
| Term Start3: | 7 May 1982 |
| Term End3: | 13 December 1984 |
| Office4: | Secretary of the Department of Communications |
| Term Start4: | 1 February 1986 |
| Term End4: | 24 July 1987 |
| Nationality: |  Australian |
| Occupation: | Public servant |
| Spouse: | Shirley |
| Children: | Jane, David and Philip |
Charles Christopher Halton (4 March 193216 October 2013) was a senior Australian public servant.
Charles Halton was born on 4 March 1932 in Yorkshire, Northern England.[1]
As an engineer in England in the 1950s and 60s, Halton was associated with the development of the Concorde and the guidance system of the Bristol Bloodhound.[1] [2]
Gough Whitlam appointed Halton Secretary of the Department of Transport in 1973, and Halton and his family moved to Canberra from Canada where they had lived since 1969.[3] The Halton family stayed in Canberra, with Charles Halton appointed to further senior positions in the Australian Public Service, as Secretary of the Department of Defence Support (1982-84), as Chairman leading a taskforce on Youth Allowance Administration (1984–85) and as Secretary of the Department of Communications (1986–87).[2]
Charles Halton was honoured as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1983.[2]