Charles Eden (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral

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

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

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. ^ a b c d William Loney RN
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c The Peerage.com
Military offices
Preceded by Third Naval Lord
1859–1861 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Second Naval Lord
1861–1866 		Succeeded by