Charles Eden (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir Charles Eden, KCB (3 July 1808 – 7 March 1878) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Naval Lord.

Sir Charles Eden
Born3 July 1808
Died7 March 1878 (1878-03-08) (aged 69)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1821 – 1866
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Winchester
HMS Victory
HMS London
Battles/warsCrimean War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Born the fifth son of Sir Frederick Eden, Eden joined the Royal Navy in 1821.[1] He was given command of the fourth-rate HMS Winchester in 1842 and the flagship HMS Victory in 1847.[1]

From 1848 to 1852 he acted as Private Secretary to George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland and Sir Francis Baring, 3rd Baronet, successively First Lords of the Admiralty. [2] He succeeded his cousin Henry Eden to that position.[2]

He took command of the second-rate HMS London in 1853 and saw action in the bombardment of Sevastopol during the Crimean War.[1] He was awarded the Order of the Medjidie 3rd Class in 1858.[3]

He then became Comptroller-General of the Coastguard in 1855, Third Naval Lord in 1859 and Second Naval Lord in 1861.[1] He was promoted to Rear-Admiral in 1861[4] and to Vice-Admiral in 1866.[5] He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1863.[6]

He was placed on the Retired List in 1870[7] and elevated to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1873 Birthday Honours.[8]

He died in Spring Gardens, Westminster in 1878.[9]

Family

In 1828 he married Emma Williams[10] and in 1866 he married Fanny Cecilia Grenville.[10] There were no children from either marriage.[10]

See also
  • O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Eden, Charles" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

References
  1. William Loney RN
  2. "Alphabetical list of officials: A-J". British History Online. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. "No. 22122". The London Gazette. 2 April 1858. p. 1736.
  4. "No. 22537". The London Gazette. 9 August 1861. p. 3317.
  5. "No. 7631". The Edinburgh Gazette. 10 April 1866. p. 438.
  6. "No. 7325". The Edinburgh Gazette. 8 May 1963. p. 597.
  7. "No. 23603". The London Gazette. 1 April 1870. p. 2006.
  8. "No. 23979". The London Gazette. 24 May 1873. p. 2583.
  9. "Sir Frederick Morton Eden, 2nd Bt". The Peerage. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  10. The Peerage.com
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Henry Leeke		 Third Naval Lord
1859–1861		 Succeeded by
Charles Frederick
Preceded by
Frederick Pelham		 Second Naval Lord
1861–1866		 Succeeded by
Sir Sydney Dacres
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