| Authorised form of name | Shadwell; Sir; Charles Frederick Alexander (1814 - 1886) |
| Dates | 1814 - 1886 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 31 January 1814 |
| Place of death | Melksham, Wiltshire |
| Date of death | 01 March 1886 |
| Research field | Nautical astronomy |
| Activity | 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
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/06/1861 |
| Relationships | 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 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/9250159478018527990002 |
| Royal Society code | NA6032 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| NLB/1/686 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Admiral Alfred Phillips Ryder | 3 November 1887 |
| RR/7/482 | Referee's report by John Allan Broun, on a paper 'A contribution to terrestrial magnetism; being the record of observations of the magnetic inclination, or dip, made during the voyage of H. M. S. ‘Iron Duke’ to China and Japan 1871-75' by Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell | 1876 |
| RR/8/63 | Referee's report by John Allan Broun, on a paper 'A contribution to terrestrial magnetism; being the record of observations of the magnetic inclination, or dip, made during the voyage of H. M. S. ‘Iron Duke’ to China and Japan, &c., 1871-75' by Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell | 30 July 1877 |
| EC/1861/13 | Shadwell, Sir Charles Frederick Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/6/148 | Letter from Chas F A [Charles Frederick Alexander] Shadwell, HMS Aboukir, off Deal, to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society | 12 June 1861 |
| MC/6/191 | Letter from Chas F A [Charles Frederick Alexander] Shadwell, HMS Aboukir, Gibraltar, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 28 December 1861 |
| MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |
| RR/7/480 | Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'A contribution to terrestrial magnetism; being the record of observations of the magnetic inclination, or dip, made during the voyage of H. M. S. ‘Iron Duke’ to China and Japan 1871-75' by Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell | 1 August 1876 |
| RR/7/481 | Letter from John Allan Broun, on a paper 'A contribution to terrestrial magnetism; being the record of observations of the magnetic inclination, or dip, made during the voyage of H. M. S. ‘Iron Duke’ to China and Japan 1871-75' by Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell | 31 August 1876 |
| MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |
| HS/17/199 | Letter, from Sir Charles Shadwell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Barnes | 14 May 1849 |
| HS/17/198 | Letter, from Sir Charles Shadwell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Barnes | 1 April 1847 |