Sackville Carden

Admiral Sir Sackville Hamilton Carden, (3 May 1857 – 6 May 1930) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He is chiefly remembered for his failure to force the Turkish defences in the Dardanelles during the First World War, which led to the launch of the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign.

Early life and career Carden was born in Barnane near Templemore in County Tipperary, Ireland, the third son of Captain Andrew Carden of the 60th Rifles and Anne Berkeley, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General Sackville Hamilton Berkeley. Although both his father and grandfather had served in the British Army, he elected for a naval career and joined the Royal Navy in 1870. and in May 1901 was commissioned in command of , seagoing tender to the Wildfire, flagship at Sheerness. He was on 16 October 1902 appointed in command of the battleship HMS Magnificent, serving as flagship to rear-admiral Assheton Curzon-Howe, second in command of the Channel Squadron, and took her to visit Gibraltar and Tetuan the following week. In 1908, he was promoted rear admiral. under the leadership of a French admiral. and was replaced by Admiral John de Robeck.

Resigning from the Royal Navy two years later with the rank of admiral, Carden lived in retirement until his death in 1930.