Charles de Bartolomé

Admiral

Sir Charles de Bartolomé
Captain Charles de Bartolomé, 1918
Born(1871-11-26)26 November 1871
Died27 May 1941(1941-05-27) (aged 69)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1885–1919
RankAdmiral
CommandsThird Sea Lord (1918–19)
HMS Warspite (1916–18)
HMS Invincible (1914)
HMS Neptune (1911)
HMS Indomitable (1909–11)
HMS Dreadnought (1908–09)
Battles / warsFirst World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Charles Martin de Bartolomé, KCMG, CB (26 November 1871 – 27 May 1941) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy from 1918 to 1919.

Born the son of a Castilian physician,[1] De Bartolomé joined the Royal Navy in 1885.[2] He was posted as a lieutenant on the staff of HMS Excellent, shore establishment at Portsmouth, on 1 February 1900.[3] He was promoted to commander on 31 December 1902,[4] and posted to the armoured cruiser HMS Drake on her first commission in January 1903,[5] serving in the Channel Fleet. Promoted to captain in 1905,[6] he was given command of HMS Dreadnought.[7] He served in the First World War and was appointed Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord in 1912 and Naval Secretary in 1914.[8] He became Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1918 in which year he also became Aide-de-Camp to the King; he retired in 1919 and then became Director General of Development at the Ministry of Transport.[2]

Family

In 1918 de Bartolomé married Gladys Constance Wilson.[6] Their second son, Stephen Martin de Bartolomé, married Helen Elisabeth Dawn, daughter of Brigadier General Alfred Ernest Irvine, of Under-the-Hill House, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.[9]

References

  1. ^ Sheffield, University of. "Bartolomé Papers – Special Collections – The University Library – The University of Sheffield". www.sheffield.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b "King's Collections : Archive Catalogues : Military Archives". kingscollections.org.
  3. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36045. London. 22 January 1900. p. 6.
  4. ^ "No. 27512". The London Gazette. 2 January 1903. p. 4.
  5. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36972. London. 8 January 1903. p. 8.
  6. ^ a b "Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Dreadnought Era 1904–1945: Royal Navy Full Admirals". www.admirals.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  7. ^ "Navy List 1908 Ship D to G". www.worldnavalships.com.
  8. ^ Senior Royal Navy Appointments Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Burke's Landed Gentry, 1952, p. 1357, 'Irvine of Under-the-Hill House' pedigree
Military offices
Preceded by Naval Secretary
1914–1916 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Third Sea Lord
1918–1919 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Controller of the Navy
1918–1919