Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet

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Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet (24 May 1775 – 16 June 1858) was Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy. He was the eldest son of Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle, 1st Baronet, a grandnephew of Sir Chaloner Ogle, Admiral of the Fleet, and son-in-law of General Thomas Gage, leader of British forces at the start of the American Revolution.

He entered the Navy in 1787, on board HMS Adventure, with Captain John Nicholson Inglefield. After uneventful service on different ships on the coast of Africa and home stations, he was made Lieutenant into the Woolwich, in the West Indies, on 14 November 1793. In January 1794, he moved into the Boyne, flagship of Sir John Jervis, and in May was appointed acting-Captain of the Assurance. On 21 May 1795, he was confirmed as Commander of the sloop Avenger, from which he was moved to the Petrel, and on 11 January 1796, in the Mediterranean, was posted by Jervis to the Minerva. During the following years he commanded the Meleager, Greyhound, and Egyptienne, for the most part in the Mediterranean. In 1805 he commanded the frigate Unite, and in 1806 was appointed to the yacht Princess Augusta, which he commanded until August 1815, when he took command of the Ramillies in the Channel. In November 1815 he commanded the Malta at Plymouth, and in 1816 the Rivoli at Portsmouth. On the death of his father on 27 August 1816, he succeeded to the baronetcy, and inherited the family estate at Kings Worthy, Hampshire which he sold in 1826.

He was promoted to Rear-Admiral on 12 August 1819, and Commander-in-Chief in North America (1827–1830), became Vice-Admiral on July 22, 1830, Admiral on 23 November 1841, and was Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth (1845–1848). He was promoted to be Admiral of the Fleet on December 1857, and died at Tunbridge Wells, England, on 16 June 1858.

Ogle married his first wife, Charlotte Margaret Gage, on 22 April 1802. She was the daughter of General Thomas Gage and Margaret Kemble Gage. She died in September 1814 leaving two daughters and a son, Chaloner, who succeeded to the baronetcy, but was disinherited by his father. He married his second wife Letitia Burroughs on 4 September 1820. She was the daughter of Sir William Burroughs, Bart. She died on 13 November 1832, with Ogle marrying his third wife Mary Anne Cary on 10 April 1834, the daughter of George Cary of Tor Abbey). She died without issue on 4 February 1842.

In 1823, he was left a portrait of his brother-in-law, Sir Charles Asgill, 2nd Baronet, by will.

Sources

The Portsmouth Papers No 53, June 1988 Sir Charles Ogle: A Worthy Admiral by Pam Moore, BA