Charles Douglas Carpendale
| Sir Charles Douglas Carpendale | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 October 1874 |
| Died | 21 March 1968 (aged 93) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
|
| Rank | Vice-Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Good Hope HMS Shannon HMS Donegal HMS Benbow |
| Battles/wars |
First World War Greco-Turkish War (1919–22) |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the Bath |
| Other work | Controller of the BBC President of the International Broadcasting Union |
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Douglas Carpendale CB (18 October 1874 – 21 March 1968) was a Royal Navy officer who saw active service in the First World War and later served as Controller of the BBC.
Born at Brixworth, Northamptonshire, in 1874, Carpendale came of a long line of clergymen. He was the son of the Rev. William Henry Carpendale, by his marriage to Julia Ellen, a daughter of Henry Hall Joy, of Hartham Park, Wiltshire; the grandson of the Rev. William Carpendale, Rector of Silton, Dorset; and the great-grandson of the Rev. Thomas Carpendale, of Armagh.
He joined HMS Britannia, a Cadet Training Ship, at Dartmouth, in 1887. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in 1894, promoted to Commander in 1904, and to Captain in 1910. In February 1911, he was given command of HMS Good Hope and went on to command the armoured cruiser Shannon (1912 to 1914) and then another cruiser, Donegal, in the first year of the First World War (1914 to 1915).Donegal had just been refitted and was assigned to the 5th Cruiser Squadron at Sierra Leone for convoy protection duties. In January 1915 she was transferred to the 6th Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet.
After that until 1917 Carpendale was flag captain to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly at Queenstown until taking command of the armoured cruiser Achilles in June 1917. In March 1918 he was put in charge of Auxiliary Patrol Area XVII as a Commodore.
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