Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet (24 May 1775 – 16 June 1858) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, he saw action leading storming parties at the capture of Martinique and at the capture of Guadeloupe during the French Revolutionary Wars. He also took part in the landings in Egypt in the later stages of the French Revolutionary Wars.

During the Napoleonic Wars, Ogle commanded of the fifth-rate HMS Unite in the Mediterranean Fleet. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, North American Station and then Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. He also briefly served as Tory Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Portarlington.

Early career

Born the eldest son of Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle, 1st Baronet and Hester Ogle (daughter of the Rt. Rev. John Thomas), Ogle was educated at Hyde Abbey School in Winchester before joining the Royal Navy in 1787. He initially served as a captain's servant in the fifth-rate HMS Adventure in the West Africa Squadron and then transferred to the fourth-rate HMS Medusa in the same squadron. Promoted to midshipman, he joined the third-rate HMS Alcide at Portsmouth in September 1791 and then served in the fifth-rate HMS Winchelsea on the North America Station followed by the third-rate HMS Edgar in the Home Fleet and then by the second-rate HMS Boyne in the Channel Squadron.

Ogle was briefly acting commander of the fifth-rate HMS Assurance before being promoted to commander on 21 May 1794 and being given command of the sloop HMS Avenger later that month.

Senior command

Promoted to rear-admiral on 12 August 1819, Ogle became Commander-in-Chief, North American Station, with his flag in the fifth-rate HMS Hussar, in April 1827. on leaving the North American Station and was elected as Tory Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Portarlington at the general election in September 1830; he retired at the dissolution of Parliament a year later without having spoken in any debates. In his later years Ogle lived at No. 4 Belgrave Square in London. Ogle became Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, with his flag in the first-rate HMS St Vincent, in 1845. died at Tunbridge Wells on 16 June 1858 and was buried at the churchyard of St Mary's Church at Ponteland in Northumberland (not far from Kirkley Hall, the ancestral home of the Ogle family). In 1820, following the death of his first wife, he married Letitia Burroughs; they had one son.

Legacy The ferry, Sir Charles Ogle, was named after the baronet.