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Charles Adam R.N. | Explanation |
Son of the Rt Hon. William Adam, Lord Chief Commissioner of the Jury Court of Scotland. |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
6 October 1780 | | Born |
20 May 1831 | 6 July 1841 | M.P. for Clackmannan and Kinross |
10 January 1835 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath). |
19 September 1853 | | Died |
Literature: (DNB; Stenton). |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
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Date | Rank |
15 December 1790 | Entered Navy |
8 February 1798 | Lieutenant |
16 May 1798 | Commander |
12 June 1799 | Captain |
27 May 1825 | Rear-Admiral |
10 January 1837 | Vice-Admiral |
8 January 1848 | Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
1799 | | Captain in Sybille, commanded by Charles Adam, frigate |
23 May 1803 | 1805 | Captain in Chiffonne, frigate (French, captured by him in 1801) |
27 August 1805 | 6 April 1810 | Captain in Resistance |
1811 | 1813 | Captain in Invincible |
16 May 1814 | 29 June 1814 | Captain in Impregnable |
15 December 1814 | 7 February 1816 | Acting Captain in Royal Sovereign |
20 July 1821 | 25 May 1825 | Captain in Royal Sovereign |
1 November 1834 | 23 December 1834 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (1st Naval Lord) |
25 April 1835 | 8 September 1841 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (1st Naval Lord) |
17 August 1841 | 27 December 1844 | Commander-in-chief, North America and West Indies (flag in Illustrious) |
24 July 1846 | 20 July 1847 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (1st Naval Lord) |
1847 | | Governor of Greenwich Hospital |