Charles Henry Ludovic Sharman

Charles Henry Ludovic Sharman
CMG CBE ISO
Charles Henry Ludovic Sharman CMG CBE ISO
	Sharman in 1938
Chief of the Canadian Narcotics Service
	In office; April 1927 – 1958
Prime Minister	William Lyon Mackenzie King; R. B. Bennett; Louis St. Laurent; John Diefenbaker;
Minister	Department of Pensions and National Health
Counterparts	Harry J. Anslinger, Russell Pasha, Adriaan Hendrik Sirks, Johannes Schober
Canadian representative on the Opium Advisory Committee
	In office; 1934–1940 Serving with Malcolm Delevingne, John K. Caldwell, Elizabeth Washburne
Secretary General	Joseph Avenol
Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs
	In office; 1946–1948
Secretary General	Trygve Lie
Chairman of the UN Drug Supervisory Body
	In office; 1953–1958
Secretary General	Dag Hammarskjöld
Personal details
Born	1881; Chelmsford, England
Died	May 15, 1970 (aged 88–89)
Education	St Lawrence College, Ramsgate
Occupation	Civil servant, Soldier
Military service
Rank	Colonel
Unit	5th Canadian Mounted Rifles; 1st Canadian Division;
Commands	First Field Battery, First Brigade, First Canadian Division; 16th Brigade, Canadian Artillery;
Battles/wars	Boer War; World War I Second Battle of Ypres; Battle of Festubert; Givenchy-en-Gohelle; Ploegsteert Wood; Battle of Mount Sorrel; Battle of the Somme Battle of Pozières; ; Battle of Vimy Ridge; Battle of Hill 70; Third Battle of Ypres; Battle of Amiens; Battle of the Canal du Nord; Hundred Days Offensive; ; Russian Civil War Allied intervention North Russia intervention; ; ;

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Charles Henry Ludovic Sharman CMG CBE ISO (1881 – May 15, 1970) was an English-born Canadian civil servant and soldier. He served as Chief of the Narcotics Division in the Department of Pensions and National Health.

Along with American Harry J. Anslinger, Sharman played a key role in the development of the global drug control regime. Sharman was the first Chair of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in 1948.

During the First World War, Colonel Sharman commanded the 16th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery, part of the Canadian contribution to the North Russia Intervention during the Russian Civil War.