Henry Ducie Chads
| Sir Henry Ducie Chads | |
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| Born | 1788 |
| Died | 1868 |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Andromache HMS Cambrian HMS Excellent |
| Battles/wars |
War of 1812 First Anglo-Burmese War Crimean War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir Henry Ducie Chads, GCB (1788–1868) was an officer in the Royal Navy who saw action from the Napoleonic Wars to the Crimean War.
Chads was the eldest son of Captain Henry Chads, R.N., who died on October 20 1799 and the brother of Lieutenant-colonel John Cowell Chads, who died, President of the British Virgin Islands at Tortola on February 28, 1854 aged sixty.
He entered the Royal Naval Academy in Portsmouth as a 12-year-old on October 25 1800, and in 1803 embarked aboard the 74-gun ship of the line HMS Excellent, sharing in the defence of Gaeta and the capture of Capri. In July 1808, he joined the 36-gun frigate HMS Iphigenia and during the Mauritius campaign distinguished himself at the occupation of the Île de la Passe, gateway to the Isle de France (now Mauritius). On the defeat of the British squadron by the French, he was made prisoner, but was rescued from captivity when the British captured Mauritius, and re-appointed first lieutenant of Iphigenia.
In December 1812, as senior Lieutenant of the frigate HMS Java, he distinguished himself in the battle between that ship and the American frigate Constitution. Captain Lambert having been mortally wounded, Chads (himself severely wounded) continued the struggle, until compelled to surrender after nearly four hours' fighting. This action secured promotion and the command of the sloop Columbia. Chads afterwards served at Guadaloupe in 1815. In 1823, he was prominent in the expedition against Rangoon, as a result of which he was made post-captain on 25 July 1825, created a Companion of the Bath, and received the thanks of the Government of India, and praise in the British House of Commons. He was next engaged in forcing the passage of the Bocca Tigris prior to the First Opium War in September 1834, aboard HMS Andromache, which he commanded from 1834 to 1837.
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