Charles Campbell
Admiral SIR Charles Campbell, K.C.M.G., D.S.O., Royal Navy, Retired (26 March, 1847 – 8 February, 1911) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
Campbell was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1882.[1]
Campbell was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1888.[2]
On 25 May, 1897, he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Services Order (D.S.O.). He was appointed in command of Empress of India on 8 June.[3]
Campbell took up his duties as Flag Captain to the Commander-in-Chief at the Nore on 6 July, 1899.[4]
He was reappointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp, to King Edward VII, on 25 February, 1901.[5]
Lieutenant Ernle Chatfield, who served at Sheerness from 1901 to 1902, later wrote of Campbell:
He was one of the very non-modern school. Cricket bewitched him and was his main topic of conversation. He kept a cricket ball on his chimney-piece and when I went in with my gunnery problems he would detain me with cricket stories, and discuss how we should place the field next Saturday in the match against ——. Holding the ball in his hand he would keep on going through the motions of bowling as he talked.[6]
Campbell was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 17 October, 1906, vice Beaumont.[7] He was placed on the Retired List on 18 October, 1906,[8] and advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 22 July, 1910.[9]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25123. p. 3031. 30 June, 1882.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25837. p. 3826. 13 July, 1888.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 2 June, 1897. Issue 35219, col D, pg. 9.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 6 July, 1899. Issue 35874, col D, pg. 10.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27289. p. 1417. 26 February, 1901.
- ↑ Chatfield. The Navy and Defence. p. 44.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27959. p. 7017. 19 October, 1906.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27960. p. 7110. 23 October, 1906.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28400. p. 5396. 26 July, 1910.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir C. Campbell" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 10 February, 1911. Issue 39505, col C, pg. 11.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/38.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/15.
