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Sir Charles Knowles, 4th Baronet

1832 – 1917

Royal Navy vice-admiral

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Lived 1832 – 1917 (aged 84–85). Sir Charles Knowles, 4th Baronet was a British naval officer.

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles George Frederick Knowles, 4th Baronet (14 March 1832 – 3 March 1918) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the Second Burmese War and was in command of the Niger expedition

He was promoted an acting lieutenant in a death vacancy in on 8 October 1852 under the command of Commodore (later Admiral Sir) George Lambert during the latter part of the Second Burmese war of 5 April 1852 – 20 December 1852; and is buried at Ryde on the Isle of Wight. He was succeeded as baronet by his eldest son from the second marriage, Francis Knowles.

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1832
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Died
1917, Oxford
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Charles Knowles, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles George Frederick Knowles, 4th Baronet

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Royal Navy vice-admiral

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Sir Charles Knowles, 4th Baronet was born in 1832.

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Sir Charles Knowles, 4th Baronet died in 1917 in Oxford.

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Sir Charles Knowles, 4th Baronet was a naval officer.

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Sir Charles Knowles, 4th Baronet was British.

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· Wikidata: Q19874957

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