Person Shadwell; Sir; Charles Frederick Alexander (1814 - 1886) Shadwell Charles Frederick Alexander Sir 1814 - 1886 British Male 31 January 1814 1814 Melksham, Wiltshire 01 March 1886 1886

Melksham, Wiltshire (1881-1886)

Nautical astronomy Education: Royal Naval College, Portsmouth Career: Entered the Royal Navy (1829); Lieutenant (1838); surveyed the Tores Straits; Commander (1846); Captain (1853); lamed for life by a severe wound in the ankle, received leading a landing party over the mud flats at Takn Forts (1859); Rear Admiral (1869); Commander-in-Chief, China (1871-1875); retired (1881) Honours: CB 1853; KCB 1873 Memberships: FRAS; FGS Fourth son of Sir Lancelot Shadwell, last Vice Chancellor of England, and his wife Harriet, daughter of Anthony Richardson, merchant, of Powis Place, Great Ormond Street, London; unmarried Fellow 06/06/1861 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 31 Jan 1814 - 1 Mar 1886 NA6032 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/9250159478018527990002 acb24585-4380-4f18-a2e8-bcfbc51337eb