Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet


Sir Charles Ogle

Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart, portrait by Cornelius Durham, 1850
Born(1775-05-24)24 May 1775
Worthy Park House, Hampshire
Died16 June 1858(1858-06-16) (aged 83)
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Buried
St Mary's Church, Ponteland, Northumberland
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1787–1848
RankAdmiral of the Fleet
Commands heldHMS Assurance
HMS Avenger
HMS Peterel
HMS Minerva
HMS Meleager
HMS Greyhound
HMS Égyptienne
HMS Unite
HMS Princess Augusta
HMS Ramillies
HMS Malta
HMS Rivoli
North American Station
Portsmouth Command
Battles/warsFrench Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet (24 May 1775 – 16 June 1858) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, he saw action leading storming parties at the capture of Martinique and at the capture of Guadeloupe during the French Revolutionary Wars. He also took part in the landings in Egypt in the later stages of the French Revolutionary Wars.

During the Napoleonic Wars, Ogle commanded of the fifth-rate HMS Unite in the Mediterranean Fleet. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, North American Station and then Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. He also briefly served as Tory Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Portarlington.


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