Sir Charles Ogle, Bt | |
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Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart, portrait by Cornelius Durham, 1850
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Born |
Worthy Park House, Hampshire |
24 May 1775
Died | 16 June 1858 Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
(aged 83)
Buried at | St Mary's Church, Ponteland, Northumberland |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | 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.