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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Charles George Frederick Knowles R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Only son of Sir Francis Charles Knowles, F.R.S. | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 14 March 1832 | Born | ||
| 19 March 1832 | Succeeded as 4th Bart Knowles, of Lovell Hill, Berks | ||
| 11 June 1882 | Married Mary Ellen, daughter of Cathcart Thompson, in Halifax, Nova Scotia | ||
| 3 March 1918 | Died (Oxford) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 21 May 1845 | Entered Navy | ||
| 7 February 1853 | Lieutenant | ||
| 1 March 1865 | Commander | ||
| 29 November 1872 | Captain | ||
| 14 March 1887 | Retired Captain | ||
| 1 January 1889 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 18 January 1894 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 20 March 1856 | 2 July 1856 | Lieutenant and commander in Raven | |
| 30 March 1860 | Lieutenant in Royal Adelaide, commanded by Woodford John Williams, guard ship of Ordinary, Plymouth | ||
| 18 January 1864 | 25 February 1865 | Lieutenant and commander in Investigator, west coast of Africa (until Knowles invalided) | |
| 4 September 1877 | 26 November 1881 | Captain in Blanche (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness), West Indies | |
| 4 August 1885 | Captain in Shannon, Ship of First Reserve, Coastguard, Greenock | ||
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