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Charles Talbot (Royal Navy officer)
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Admiral Sir Charles Talbot KCB (1 November 1801 – 8 August 1876) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
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Naval career
Talbot was the second son of the Rev. Charles Talbot, and Lady Elizabeth Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort.[1] He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1815.[2] Promoted to captain in 1830, he commanded HMS Warspite, HMS Vestal, HMS Maeander and then HMS Algiers.[2] He was appointed Commander-in-chief, Queenstown in 1858 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1864.[2]
He presented a stained glass window to All Saints Church, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire in appreciation after his ship survived a storm off Sebastopol in 1854.[3]
He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1862.[2]
There is a memorial window to him and his wife in the church of St. John the Baptist in Biggleswade.[4]
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Family
In 1838 he married Hon. Charlotte Georgiana Ponsonby; they had three sons and four daughters.[5]
See also
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
References
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