| Sir Christopher Hartley | |
| Birth Date: | 31 January 1913 |
| Death Place: | Oxford, England |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Serviceyears: | 1938–1970 |
| Rank: | Air Marshal |
| Branch: | Royal Air Force |
| Battles: | Second World War |
Air Marshal Sir Christopher Harold Hartley (31 January 1913 – 29 July 1998) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff from 1963 to 1966.
Educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, Hartley joined the Royal Air Force in 1938.[1] He served in World War II as a pilot and then as assistant director of Intelligence (Technical).[1] After the war he became Chief of Staff at Headquarters No 12 (Fighter) Group.[1] He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 12 Group in 1959, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements) in 1961 and Deputy Chief of the Air Staff in 1963 before being made Controllor of Aircraft in 1967 and retiring in 1970.[1]
The son of noted chemist Harold Hartley, Christopher Hartley married Anne Sitwell in 1937.[2] Following the dissolution of his first marriage, he married Margaret Watson in 1944; they had two sons.[2]
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