Charles Adam

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Officer of the British Navy

Charles Adam

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Personal Details
Date of Birth	1780/10/06
Father	William Adam of Blair Adam
Mother	Eleanor Elphinstone
Wife	Elizabeth Brydone
Uncle	George Keith Elphinstone
Date of Death	1823/03/10
Place of Death	Tulliallan
Naval Service Events
Ship	Date from	Date To	Event	Source
	1790/12/15		Entered the Navy	B080
Royal Charlotte	1790/12/15	1793/00/00	As Captains Servant	B080
Robust	1793/00/00	1794/00/00	As Midshipman	B080
Glory	1794/00/00	1794/07/00	As Midshipman	B080
Glory	1794/06/01		At the Glorious 1st of June
Barfleur	1794/07/00	1795/00/00	As Midshipman	B080
Montagu	1794/07/00	1795/00/00	As Midshipman	B080
Squib	1795/00/00	1795/10/00	As Commander	B080
Victorious	1795/00/00	1796/08/00	As Acting Lieutenant	B080
Swift	1796/08/00	1798/02/00	As Commander	B080
Carysfort	1796/08/00	1798/02/00	As Commander	B080
Promoted to Lieutenant, 8^th February 1798				W025
Barfleur	1798/02/08	1798/05/16	As Lieutenant	B080
Promoted to Commander, 16^th May 1798				W032
Falcon	1798/05/16	1799/06/12	As Commander	B080
Albatross	1798/05/16	1799/06/12	As Commander	B080
Sybille	1799/06/00	1802/00/00	As Commander	W031
Promoted to Post Captain, 12^th June 1799				W032
Chiffone	1803/05/00	1805/00/00	As Commander	W031
Resistance	1805/08/27	1810/04/06	As Commander	W025
Impregnable	1811/00/00	1813/00/00	As Commander	W025
Invincible	1811/00/00	1813/00/00	As Commander	W031
Impregnable	1811/07/00		Commissioned	B064
Impregnable	1812/01/00		Began fitting for sea	B064
Impregnable	1812/04/00		Completed fitting for sea at a cost of £19,032	B064
Impregnable	1814/05/00	1814/10/00	As Commander	B064
Royal Sovereign	1814/12/15	1816/02/07	As Commander	W025
Royal Sovereign	1821/07/20	1825/05/25	As Commander	W025
Promoted to Rear-Admiral of the Blue, 27^th May 1825				W032
	1834/11/01		Commissioner of the Admiralty (1st Naval Lord), until 1834-12-23	W025
Promoted to Vice-Admiral of the White, 10^th January 1837				W032
	1841/08/17		Commander-in-chief, North America and West Indies	W025
Illustrious	1841/08/17	1844/12/27	As Flag Officer	W025
	1845/05/00		Placed on Half-Pay	B080
	1846/07/24		Commissioner of the Admiralty (1st Naval Lord) until 1847-07-20	W025
Promoted to Admiral, 1848				W031
Promoted to Admiral, 8^th January 1848				W025
Personal Events
Date	Event			Source
1822/10/14	Married Elizabeth			B080
1831/00/00	MP for Kinross			W031
1835/04/25	Commissioner of the Admiralty (1st Naval Lord), until 1841-09-08			W025
1835/08/00	Made KCB			W031
1839/04/01	Became Lord Lieutenant of Kinross			B080
1840/00/00	Appointed one of the Elder Brothers of Trinity House			B080
1847/00/00	Governor of Greenwich Hospital			W025

Sources
B080	A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849	O'Brien
W025	William Loney RN - Background	P Davis
W032	Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy	David Bonner Smith
W031	Oxford Dictionary of National Biography	Oxford University Press
B064	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817	Rif Winfield

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