Charles Talbot R.N.
Charles Talbot R.N.
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Charles Talbot R.N. | Explanation |
Second son of the Very Rev. Charles Talbot (1769-1823), D.D., Dean of Salisbury |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
1 November 1801 | | Born (St. Giles, Dorsetshire) |
11 December 1838 | | Married, the Hon. Charlotte Georgiana (1809-1883), daughter of Gen. the Hon. Sir William Ponsonby, K.C.B. (1772-1816), and widow of Col. John Horace Thomas Stapleton (1793-1836) |
10 November 1862 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
8 August 1876 | | Died (Biggleswade, Bedfordshire) |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
19 August 1815 | Entered Royal Naval College |
7 January 1823 | Lieutenant |
13 April 1827 | Commander |
25 November 1830 | Captain |
28 December 1855 | Rear-Admiral |
22 November 1862 | Vice-Admiral |
2 April 1866 | Admiral |
1 November 1871 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
30 June 1829 | 27 November 1830 | Commander in Algerine (from commissioning), South America |
28 November 1830 | 26 March 1833 | Captain in Warspite, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Baker, South America (where he rescued the Brazilian Emperor, Pedro I, during the insurrection in Rio de Janeiro on 6 April 1831 which forced his abdication) |
2 November 1843 | 15 July 1847 | Captain in Vestal, East Indies |
2 July 1852 | 29 May 1854 | Captain in Maeander, Cape of Good Hope |
30 May 1854 | 15 February 1856 | Captain in Algiers, troop transport to the Baltic, and Black Sea during the Russian War |
9 December 1858 | 12 December 1861 | Commander-in-chief, Queenstown. Flag in Nile, then (1 Occtober 1859) Amphion, then (15 March 1860) Sans Pareil then (14 June 1861) Hawke |
1 March 1864 | 6 April 1866 | Commander-in-chief, the Nore. Flag in Formidable |