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Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet

Sir Charles Ogle, Bt
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Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart, portrait by Cornelius Durham, 1850
Born (1775-05-24)24 May 1775
Worthy Park House, Hampshire
Died 16 June 1858(1858-06-16) (aged 83)
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Buried at St Mary's Church, Ponteland, Northumberland
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy
Years of service 1787–1848
Rank Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held HMS 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/wars French 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.

Born the eldest son of Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle, 1st Baronet and Hester Ogle (daughter of the Rt. Rev. John Thomas), Ogle was educated at Hyde Abbey School in Winchester before joining the Royal Navy in 1787. He initially served as a captain's servant in the fifth-rate HMS Adventure in the West Africa Squadron and then transferred to the fourth-rate HMS Medusa in the same squadron. Promoted to midshipman, he joined the third-rate HMS Alcide at Portsmouth in September 1791 and then served in the fifth-rate HMS Winchelsea on the North America Station followed by the third-rate HMS Edgar in the Home Fleet and then by the second-rate HMS Boyne in the Channel Squadron.


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