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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Charles John Rowley R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Second son of Captain Richard Freeman Rowley R.N. (1806-1854) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 24 December 1832 | Born (Weeting, Norfolk) | ||
| 9 May 1867 | Married Alice Mary Arabella (1846-1931), daughter of George Cary Elwes (1806-1859) | ||
| 1882 | Naval aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria | ||
| 11 November 1919 | Died ( South Stoneham, Hampshire) | ||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 1844 | Entered Navy | ||
| 21 December 1852 | Lieutenant | ||
| 9 July 1861 | Commander | ||
| 5 July 1866 | Captain | ||
| 27 October 1884 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 5 August 1890 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 9 November 1895 | Admiral | ||
| 26 December 1897 | Retired Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 24 December 1852 | 13 May 1854 | Additional Lieutenant in Portland, commanded by Captain Henry Chads, flagship of Rear-Admiral Fairfax Moresby, Pacific | |
| 19 May 1854 | 18 September 1854 | Lieutenant in Hornet, commanded by Commander Frederick Archibald Campbell, Portsmouth | |
| 21 September 1854 | 15 August 1855 | Lieutenant in Curlew, flagship of Rowley Lambert, Mediterranean, and Black Sea during the Russian War | |
| 16 August 1855 | 11 February 1856 | Lieutenant in St. Jean d'Acre, commanded by Captain George St Vincent King, Mediterranean | |
| 7 March 1856 | 10 September 1856 | Lieutenant and commander in Magnet (until paying off at Sheerness) | |
| 12 March 1857 | 24 August 1858 | Lieutenant in Royal Albert, commanded by Captain Hon. Francis Egerton, Mediterranean | |
| 31 January 1859 | 4 February 1860 | Lieutenant in St. Jean d'Acre, commanded by Captain Thomas Pickering Thompson, Mediterranean | |
| 5 February 1860 | 17 August 1861 | Lieutenant in Nile, commanded by Captain Edward King Barnard, flagship of Rear-Admiral Alexander Milne, North America and West Indies | |
| 20 May 1862 | 3 July 1863 | Commander in Renard (until paying off at Sheerness), East Indies | |
| 8 December 1863 | 5 May 1864 | Additional Commander in Fisgard, commanded by Captain Frederick Archibald Campbell, for service in Enterprise | |
| 6 May 1864 | 3 October 1866 | Commander in Enterprise (from commissioning at Deptford), Channel squadron, then Mediterranean | |
| 6 August 1872 | 26 July 1875 | Captain in Pallas, Mediterranean | |
| 9 October 1875 | 16 July 1877 | Captain in Iron Duke, Coast Guard, Kingstown (replaced by Topaze) | |
| 17 July 1877 | 26 June 1878 | Captain in Topaze (until paying off at Plymouth), Coast Guard, Kingstown (replacing Iron Duke; replaced by Belleisle) | |
| 1 April 1878 | 9 October 1878 | Captain in Belleisle (from commissioning at Chatham), Coast Guard, Kingstown (including the Particular Service fleet during the Russian war scare) | |
| 8 May 1882 | 26 October 1884 | Captain in Duke of Wellington, flagship of the port admiral, Portsmouth | |
| 18 August 1887 | 31 August 1888 | Second in command, Channel squadron, flag in Agincourt | |
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