Charles Adam
| Sir Charles Adam | |
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Admiral Sir Charles Adam
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| Born | 6 October 1780 |
| Died | 19 September 1853 (aged 72) Greenwich, London |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1790–1847 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
Sybille Chiffonne Resistance Invincible Impregnable Royal Sovereign North America and West Indies Station Greenwich Hospital |
| Battles/wars | Napoleonic Wars |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir Charles Adam, FRSE KCB (6 October 1780 – 19 September 1853) was a British naval officer who served during the Napoleonic Wars. He later commanded the royal yacht, Royal Sovereign, and was the Member of Parliament for Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire. He held the office of First Naval Lord three times. In that capacity he dealt ably with the economies of a peacetime budget, provided naval support for the expulsion of Muhammad Ali's forces from Syria in 1840 and ensured technological progress continued. He was also the father of William Patrick Adam, a colonial administrator and Liberal politician.
Born the second son of William Adam (of Blair Adam) and Eleanora Adam (the daughter of Charles Elphinstone, 10th Lord Elphinstone), Adam joined the Royal Navy in 1790. He served under his uncle, Admiral Lord Keith, in the Mediterranean Fleet and during the capture of the Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch. He was made acting lieutenant by Keith in the third-rate HMS Victorious on the East Indies Station in 1795. Promoted to the substantive rank of lieutenant on 8 February 1798, to commander on 16 May 1798 and to captain on 12 June 1799, Adam was given command of the frigate Sybille. While commanding Sybille, he captured the French Chiffonne under difficult circumstances at Mahé in the Seychelles.
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