Sir

Charles Rowley

Bt
Sir Charles Rowley, 1st Baronet
Born16 December 1770
Died10 October 1845 (1845-10-11) (aged 74)
Brighton, Sussex
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Trepassey
HMS Lynx
HMS Cleopatra
HMS Hussar
HMS Unite
HMS Prince George
HMS Ruby
HMS Eagle
Nore Command
Jamaica Station
Portsmouth Command
Battles/warsWar of the Fifth Coalition
War of the Sixth Coalition
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order

Admiral Sir Charles Rowley GCB GCH (16 December 1770 – 10 October 1845) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

Rowley joined the Royal Navy in 1785.[1] He received his first command in late 1789 when Admiral Milbanke appointed him to commission the newly launched sloop HMS Trepassey. Trepassey was a tiny vessel of 42 tons burthen, often referred to as a cutter, with a crew of six men.[1]

Rowley was given command of HMS Lynx in 1794, HMS Cleopatra in 1795, HMS Hussar also in 1795 and HMS Unite in 1796.[1]

In 1800 he took over HMS Prince George and in 1804 he was in HMS Ruby.[1] In 1805 he was given command of HMS Eagle and took her on the Walcheren Campaign in 1809 and, during the War of the Sixth Coalition, took part in the capture of Fiume and of Trieste in 1813.[1]

He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1815, Commander in Chief, Jamaica Station in 1820[2] and Third Naval Lord in 1834.[1] He was appointed a Groom of the Bedchamber to William IV in 1832, serving in the royal household until the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.[3]

Created a baronet in 1836, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1842.[4]

He lived at Hill House (now Cranbourne Court) at Winkfield in Berkshire.[1]

Family

In 1797 he married Elizabeth King.[1]

See also

  • O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Rowley, Charles" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Rowley, Charles" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ↑ Cundall, p. xx
  3. ↑ "Court officers" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  4. ↑ History in Portsmouth Archived 27 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine

Sources

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