Admiral Sir Charles Talbot KCB (1 November 1801 – 8 August 1876) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
Sir Charles Talbot | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 November 1801 |
| Died | 8 August 1876 (aged 74) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  Royal Navy |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | HMS Warspite HMS Vestal HMS Maeander HMS Algiers Queenstown Nore Command |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Naval career
editTalbot was the second son of the Rev. Charles Talbot, and Lady Elizabeth Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort.[1] He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1815.[2] Promoted to captain in 1830, he commanded HMS Warspite, HMS Vestal, HMS Maeander and then HMS Algiers.[2] He was appointed Commander-in-chief, Queenstown in 1858 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1864.[2]
He presented a stained glass window to All Saints Church, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire in appreciation after his ship survived a storm off Sebastopol in 1854.[3]
He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1862.[2]
There is a memorial window to him and his wife in the church of St. John the Baptist in Biggleswade.[4]
Family
editIn 1838 he married Hon. Charlotte Georgiana Ponsonby; they had three sons and four daughters.[5]
See also
edit- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
References
edit- ^ Edmund Lodge (1843). The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing: Arranged and Printed from the Personal Communications of the Nobility. Saunders and Otley. p. 514.
- ^ a b c d William Loney RN
- ^ "Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, All Saints Church". Britain Express. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ Biggleswade: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI.
- ^ "Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Talbot". The Peerage. 31 January 2005.