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| Charles Frederick R.N. | Explanation |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 7 May 1797 | | Born. |
| 23 December 1875 | | Died. |
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| Date | Rank |
| 5 June 1810 | Entered Navy |
| 20 April 1818 | Lieutenant |
| 6 May 1829 | Commander |
| 23 December 1842 | Captain |
| 20 May 1862 | Rear-Admiral |
| 18 October 1867 | Vice-Admiral |
| 18 March 1869 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
| 30 July 1875 | Retired Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 4 January 1823 | | Lieutenant in Trinculo, commanded by Rodney Shannon, Cork |
| 27 July 1826 | | Lieutenant in Alacrity, commanded by George James Hope-Johnstone |
| 8 January 1828 | | Lieutenant in Alacrity, commanded by Joseph Nias, Mediterranean |
| 29 March 1837 | | Coast Guard |
| 15 November 1841 | | Commander in Apollo, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) |
| 13 December 1850 | | Captain in Amphitrite, Pacific (including 1854 Anglo-French squadron during the Russian War) |
| 6 December 1854 | | Captain in President, flagship of Rear-Admiral Henry William Bruce, Pacific |
| 14 June 1858 | 28 June 1859 | Captain in Caesar (from commissioning at Portsmouth), Channel squadron, then (June 1858) central America, then (October 1859) Mediterranean (ship's log) |
| 28 June 1859 | 25 March 1865 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (4th then 3rd Naval Lord) |
| 31 March 1865 | 27 October 1867 | Commander-in-chief, Queenstown |