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Charles Eden (Royal Navy officer)

Royal Navy Admiral (1808–1878)

Summary

Royal Navy Admiral (1808–1878)

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	Admiral
name	Sir Charles Eden
honorific_suffix
birth_date	3 July 1808
death_date
image	File:Sir_Charles_Eden.jpg
allegiance	United Kingdom United Kingdom
serviceyears	1821 – 1866
rank	Admiral
branch	[[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	23px]] Royal Navy
commands	HMS Winchester
HMS Victory
HMS London
battles	Crimean War
awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

HMS Victory HMS London Admiral Sir Charles Eden, (3 July 1808 – 7 March 1878) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Naval Lord.

Naval career

Born the fifth son of Sir Frederick Eden, Eden joined the Royal Navy in 1821. He was given command of the fourth-rate HMS Winchester in 1842 and the flagship HMS Victory in 1847.

From 1848 to 1852 he acted as Private Secretary to George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland and Sir Francis Baring, 3rd Baronet, successively First Lords of the Admiralty. He succeeded his cousin Henry Eden to that position.

He took command of the second-rate HMS London in 1853 and saw action in the bombardment of Sevastopol during the Crimean War.

He then became Comptroller-General of the Coastguard in 1855, Third Naval Lord in 1859 and Second Naval Lord in 1861. and to Vice-Admiral in 1866. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1863.

He was placed on the Retired List in 1870 and elevated to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1873 Birthday Honours.

He died in Spring Gardens, Westminster in 1878.

Family

In 1828 he married Emma Williams and in 1866 he married Fanny Cecilia Grenville. There were no children from either marriage.

References

[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=33 William Loney RN]
"Alphabetical list of officials: A-J". British History Online.
He was awarded the [[Order of the Medjidie]] 3rd Class in 1858.{{London Gazette. (2 April 1858)
{{London Gazette. (10 April 1866)
{{London Gazette. (8 May 1963)
{{London Gazette. (1 April 1870)
{{London Gazette. (24 May 1873)
"Sir Frederick Morton Eden, 2nd Bt.". The Peerage.
[http://thepeerage.com/p7661.htm The Peerage.com]

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