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| Charles John Austen R.N. | Explanation |
| Son of Reverend George Austen (and brother of the novelist, jane Austen) |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 1779 | | Born |
| 1807 | | Married, firstly, Frances, youngest daughter of J.G. Palmer, Attorney-General of Bermuda |
| 1820 | | Married, secondly, Harrier, elder sister of his first wife |
| 1840 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath), for service during the bombardment of St Jean d'Acre on 3 November 1840 |
| 7 October 1852 | | Died |
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| Date | Rank |
| 13 December 1797 | Lieutenant |
| 10 October 1804 | Commander |
| 10 May 1810 | Captain |
| 9 November 1846 | Rear-Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 13 December 1797 | | Lieutenant in Scorpion |
| December 1798 | | Lieutenant in Tamar |
| 16 February 1799 | | Lieutenant in Endymion, until ship paid off at the peace |
| April 1803 | | Lieutenant in Endymion again |
| 10 October 1804 | 1809 | Commander in Indian, sloop, on the North American station |
| 10 May 1810 | | Captain in Swiftsure |
| 25 September 1810 | | Captain in Cleopatra |
| 20 November 1811 | 30 September 1814 | Captain in Namur, flagship of Thomas Williams, the Nore |
| September 1814 | 20 February 1816 | Captain in Phoenix, until the vessel was wrecked during a hurricane near Smyrna, due to the ignorance of her pilots |
| 2 June 1826 | December 1828 | Captain in Aurora, second in command on the Jamaica station |
| 1828 | December 1830 | Captain in Winchester, flagship of Edward Griffith Colpoys, until invalided |
| 14 April 1838 | June 1841 | Captain in Bellerophon, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) |
| 14 January 1850 | 7 October 1852 | Commander-in-chief, East Indies and China (until de died, off Prome in the River Irrawaddi, during the second Anglo-Burmese war) (flag in Hastings) |
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