About Charles Shadwell
Lived 1814 – 1886 (aged 72). Charles Shadwell was a naval officer.
Admiral Sir Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell (31 January 1814 – 1 March 1886) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station.
Naval career Born the fourth son of Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Charles Shadwell joined the Royal Navy in 1827. He was present during operations off Syria in 1840. In 1850 he became Commander in HMS Sphinx and took part in the Second Anglo-Burmese War. he commanded HMS Highflyer from 1856 and took part in the capture of Canton and the Battle of Taku Forts during the Second Opium War. and appointed Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1871. In 1878 he was made President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
Shadwell was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1873 Birthday Honours.
He retired in 1879 and in retirement lived at Meadow Bank in Melksham in Wiltshire. He died unmarried in 1886.
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British Royal Navy admiral (1814-1886)
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Charles Shadwell was born on 31 January 1814.
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Charles Shadwell died on 1 March 1886 in Melksham.
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Charles Shadwell was a naval officer.
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