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Charles John Austen (1)

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Officer of the British Navy

Officer of the British Navy

Charles John Austen (1)

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Personal Details
Date of Birth 1779 B080
Father Reverend George Austen
Wife Frances Palmer
Wife Harriet Palmer (sister of Francis)
Son In the army
Brother Francis William Austen
Date of Death 1852/10/07  
Place of Death Prome in the River Irrawaddi  
Naval Service Events
Ship Date From Date To Event Source
1791/07 Entered the Royal Naval College B080
1794/09 Entered the Navy B080
Daedalus 1794/09 Midshipman B080
Endymion 1797/03/29 1797/12/13 Midshipman B080
Scorpion 1797/12/13 Lieutenant W033
Promoted to Lieutenant, 16th December 1797 W032
Tamar 1798/12 Lieutenant W033
Endymion 1799/02/16 Lieutenant W033
Endymion 1803/04 Lieutenant W033
Promoted to Commander, 10th October 1804 W032
Indian 1806 1810 As Captain W033
Promoted to Post Captain, 10th May 1810 W032
Swiftsure 1810/05/10 As Captain W033
Cleopatra 1810/09/25 As Captain W033
Namur 1811/11 1815/09 As Captain B057
Phoenix 1814/09 1816/02/20 As Captain W033
Namur 1815/09 Paid off B057
1826/06 second in command on the Jamaica station W033
Aurora 1826/06/02 1828/12 As Captain W033
Winchester 1828/12 1830/12 As Captain W033
Bellerophon 1838/04/14 1841/06 As Captain W033
Promoted to Rear-Admiral of the Blue, 9th November 1846 B080
Hastings 1850/01/14 1852/10/07 As Flag Officer W033
Personal Events
Date Event Source
1807 Married Frances, youngest daughter of J G Palmer, Attorney-General of Bermuda W033
1820 Married Harriet, elder sister of his first wife W033
1840 Companion of the Bath for service during the bombardment of St Jean dAcre on 3 November 1840 W033
1850/01/14 Commander-in-chief, East Indies and China (until he died, off Prome in the River Irrawaddi, during the second Anglo-Burmese war) W033
Notes on Officer
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Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B080 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 O'Brien
W033 Vaisseaux de Ligne Francais de 1682 a 1767 Ronald Deschenes
W032 Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy David Bonner Smith
B057 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 Rif Winfield

Last Updated :2009/03/26 at 12:03:41 by Cy

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