Charles Adam R.N. | Explanation | ||
Son of the Rt Hon. William Adam, Lord Chief Commissioner of the Jury Court of Scotland. | |||
Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
6 October 1780 | Born | ||
20 May 1831 | 6 July 1841 | M.P. for Clackmannan and Kinross | |
10 January 1835 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath). | ||
19 September 1853 | Died | ||
Literature: (DNB; Stenton). | |||
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' | |||
Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
Date | Rank | ||
15 December 1790 | Entered Navy | ||
8 February 1798 | Lieutenant | ||
16 May 1798 | Commander | ||
12 June 1799 | Captain | ||
27 May 1825 | Rear-Admiral | ||
10 January 1837 | Vice-Admiral | ||
8 January 1848 | Admiral | ||
Date from | Date to | Service | |
1799 | Captain in Sybille (captured from French 1794, fifth rate), frigate | ||
23 May 1803 | 1805 | Captain in Chifonne, French frigate, captured by him in 1801 | |
27 August 1805 | 6 April 1810 | Captain in Resistance | |
1811 | 1813 | Captain in Invincible | |
16 May 1814 | 29 June 1814 | Captain in Impregnable | |
15 December 1814 | 7 February 1816 | Acting Captain in Royal Sovereign | |
20 July 1821 | 25 May 1825 | Captain in Royal Sovereign | |
1 November 1834 | 23 December 1834 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (1st Naval Lord) | |
25 April 1835 | 8 September 1841 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (1st Naval Lord) | |
17 August 1841 | 27 December 1844 | Commander-in-chief, North America and West Indies (flag in Illustrious) | |
24 July 1846 | 20 July 1847 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (1st Naval Lord) | |
1847 | Governor of Greenwich Hospital |
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