Charles Shadwell (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral

Sir Charles Shadwell

KCB FRS
Born31 January 1814
Died1 March 1886(1886-03-01) (aged 72)
Melksham, Wiltshire
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
Service years1827–1879
RankAdmiral
CommandsHMS Sphinx
HMS Highflyer
HMS Aboukir
HMS Hastings
China Station
Royal Naval College, Greenwich
ConflictsSecond Opium War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell KCB FRS (31 January 1814 – 1 March 1886) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station.

Naval career

Born the fourth son of Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Charles Shadwell joined the Royal Navy in 1827.[1] He was present during operations off Syria in 1840.[2] In 1850 he became Commander in HMS Sphinx and took part in the Second Anglo-Burmese War.[1]

Promoted to captain in 1853,[3] he commanded HMS Highflyer from 1856 and took part in the capture of Canton and the Battle of Taku Forts during the Second Opium War.[1] He commanded HMS Aboukir from 1861 and HMS Hastings from 1862.[1]

Shadwell was appointed Captain-Superintendent of Gosport victualling-yard in 1864, promoted to rear admiral in 1869[4] and appointed Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1871.[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1861.[2] In 1875 he was promoted to vice admiral.[5] In 1878 he was made President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.[2] He was placed on the retired list in 1879.[6]

Shadwell was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1873 Birthday Honours.[7]

He retired in 1879[2] and in retirement lived at Meadow Bank in Melksham in Wiltshire.[2] He died unmarried in 1886.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e William Loney RN
  2. ^ a b c d e f Charles Shadwell at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  3. ^ "No. 6261". The Edinburgh Gazette. 4 March 1853. p. 185.
  4. ^ "No. 23462". The London Gazette. 23 January 1869. p. 407.
  5. ^ "No. 24202". The London Gazette. 23 April 1875. p. 2241.
  6. ^ "No. 24674". The London Gazette. 4 February 1897. p. 531.
  7. ^ "No. 23979". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 May 1873. p. 2583.
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