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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Charles George Frederick Knowles R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Only son of Sir Francis Charles Knowles, F.R.S. (1802-1892) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 14 March 1832 | Born (Berriew, Montgomeryshire) | ||
| 19 March 1832 | Succeeded as 4th Bart Knowles, of Lovell Hill, Berks | ||
| 19 July 1861 | Married, firstly, Elizabeth (1834-1907), daughter of John Chapman(1797-1885); divorced 25 July 1876 on the grounds of adultery by Knowles) | ||
| 11 June 1882 | Married, secondly, Mary Ellen (1854-1890), daughter of Cathcart Thompson, in Halifax, Nova Scotia | ||
| 3 March 1918 | Died (Headington, Oxford) | ||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 21 May 1845 | Entered Navy | ||
| 7 February 1853 | Lieutenant | ||
| 1 March 1865 | Commander | ||
| 29 November 1872 | Captain | ||
| 14 March 1887 | Retired Captain | ||
| 1 January 1889 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 18 January 1894 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 21 May 1851 | 8 October 1852 | Mate in Contest, commanded by Commander Hon. John Welbore Sunderland Spencer, East Indies | |
| 9 October 1852 | 6 February 1853 | Acting Lieutenant in Fox, commanded by Captain John Walter Tarleton, East Indies | |
| 7 February 1853 | 22 May 1854 | Lieutenant in Fox, commanded by Captain John Walter Tarleton, East Indies | |
| 17 June 1854 | 26 November 1855 | Lieutenant in Wolverene, commanded by Commander John Corbett, North America and West Indies (until wrecked on Courtown Bank, 160 miles from Greytown, all saved) | |
| 22 January 1856 | 10 March 1856 | Lieutenant in Sappho, commanded by Commander Fairfax Moresby, west coast of Africa | |
| 20 March 1856 | 17 May 1856 | Lieutenant and commander in Raven, west coast of Africa | |
| 18 May 1856 | 15 September 1857 | Lieutenant in Prometheus, commanded by Commander Charles Webley Hope, west coast of Africa | |
| 21 May 1858 | 9 June 1859 | Lieutenant in Archer, commanded by Captain John Sanderson, west coast of Africa | |
| 6 April 1860 | 25 June 1860 | Lieutenant in Royal Adelaide, commanded by Captain Woodford John Williams, guard ship of Ordinary, Plymouth | |
| 21 January 1864 | 13 February 1865 | Lieutenant and commander in Investigator, west coast of Africa (until Knowles invalided) | |
| 16 September 1865 | 30 September 1868 | Coast Guard | |
| 3 June 1870 | 14 November 1872 | Commander in Lapwing, North America and West Indies | |
| 11 August 1873 | 5 September 1873 | Additional Captain in Black Prince, commanded by Captain Charles Lodowick Darley Waddilove, Ship of First Reserve, Coastguard, Greenock, for summer cruise | |
| 4 September 1877 | 26 November 1881 | Captain in Blanche (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness), West Indies | |
| 17 September 1883 | 22 August 1885 | Captain in Valiant, Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Bantry Bay (including summer cruises: 8 June - 26 July 1884 and 4 May - 25 July 1885) | |
| 23 August 1885 | 31 October 1886 | Captain in Shannon, Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Greenock (including summer cruise: 4 June - 4 August 1886) | |
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