Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet

First Sea Lord in the late 1920s. In that role, in order to avoid an arms race, he accepted parity with the United States in the form of 50 cruisers defending his position on the basis that he only actually had 48 cruisers anyway.^[1]

Early career

Born the second son of Captain John William Madden of the

mentioned in despatches in 1883.^[2] He transferred to the battleship HMS Minotaur in the Channel Squadron in September 1883.^[2]

Promoted to

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order on 3 August 1907.^[12]

Madden returned to sea as commanding officer of the battleship

First Lord of the Admiralty, in December 1908 and, having been appointed a naval aide-de-camp to the King on 4 January 1910,^[13] he went on to be Fourth Sea Lord in January 1910^[2] and took part in the funeral of King Edward VII in May 1910.^[14] Promoted to rear admiral on 12 April 1911,^[15] he was given command of the first division of the Home Fleet during 1912, the 3rd cruiser squadron during 1913, and then the 2nd cruiser squadron during 1914.^[16]

First World War

When Admiral

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George on 31 May 1916 for his services at Jutland^[18] and confirmed in the rank of vice-admiral on 9 June 1916.^[19] He was also appointed a commander of the French Legion of Honour on 15 September 1916.^[20]

Madden was given command of the

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 1 January 1919^[26] and promoted to full admiral on 19 February 1919.^[27]

Post war

When Admiral

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order on 23 July 1920.^[29]

Madden was appointed

First Sea Lord in July 1927 and, in that role, in order to avoid an arms race, he accepted parity with the United States in the form of 50 cruisers defending his position on the basis that he only actually had 48 cruisers anyway.^[16] He retired in July 1930 and died at 29 Wimpole Street in London on 5 June 1935.^[16]

Family

On 28 June 1905 Madden married Constance Winifred, third and youngest daughter of Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet, and sister of Countess Jellicoe; and they had two sons (Charles and John) and four daughters (Conn, Joan, Hope and Mary).^[33]

Arms

Coat of arms of Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet
Notes Granted 30 October 1919 by George James Burtchaell, Deputy Ulster King of Arms.^[34] Crest Out of a ducal coronet Gules a falcon rising Or holding in his beak a cross crosslet fitchée of the first. Escutcheon Quarterly 1st Sable a falcon with his wings expanded seizing on a mallard Argent beaked and membered Or on a chief of the last a cross botonnée Gules (Madden) 2nd Or a pile engrailed Sable (Waterhouse) 3rd Sable a chevron between in chief two escallops and in base a boar's head couped Argent (Travers) 4th Sable a saltire Argent (Duckett). Motto Fortior Qui Se Vincit

References

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^ "No. 26757". The London Gazette. 10 July 1896. p. 3978.
^ "No. 27335". The London Gazette. 19 July 1901. p. 4780.
^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36695. London. 19 February 1902. p. 11.
^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36795. London. 16 June 1902. p. 8.
^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36867. London. 8 September 1902. p. 8.
^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36918. London. 6 November 1902. p. 9.
^ "Mr. Chamberlain′s visit to South Africa". The Times. No. 36911. London. 29 October 1902. p. 3.
^ "No. 27586". The London Gazette. 11 August 1903. p. 5058.
^ "No. 28048". The London Gazette. 6 August 1907. p. 5390.
^ "No. 28325". The London Gazette. 1 January 1910. p. 30.
^ "No. 28401". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 July 1910. p. 5482.
^ "No. 28485". The London Gazette. 14 April 1911. p. 2967.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Heathcote, p. 164
^ "No. 29423". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1915. p. 79.
^ "No. 29751". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 September 1916. p. 9071.
^ "No. 29621". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1916. p. 5828.
^ "No. 29751". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 September 1916. p. 9081.
^ "No. 30116". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1917. p. 5591.
^ "No. 30258". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 August 1917. p. 8989.
^ "No. 31038". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 November 1918. p. 14092.
^ "No. 31182". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 February 1919. p. 2361.
^ "No. 31748". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 January 1920. p. 950.
^ "No. 31099". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1918. p. 106.
^ "No. 31201". The London Gazette. 25 February 1919. p. 2738.
^ "No. 31708". The London Gazette. 30 December 1919. p. 15988.
^ "No. 31994". The London Gazette. 27 July 1920. p. 7852.
^ "No. 32740". The London Gazette. 22 August 1922. p. 6157.
^ "No. 32962". The London Gazette. 5 August 1924. p. 5889.
^ Mandeles, p. 56
^ "Sir Charles Madden". The Peerage.com. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. L". National Library of Ireland. p. 271. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

Sources

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Mandeles, Mark David (2007). Military Transformation Past and Present: Historic Lessons for the 21st Century. Praeger Publishers Inc.
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Military offices
Preceded by Hugh Evan-Thomas	Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty 1908–1910	Succeeded by Ernest Troubridge
Preceded by Sir Alfred Winsloe	Fourth Sea Lord 1910–1911	Succeeded by Sir William Pakenham
New post	Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet 1919–1922	Succeeded by Sir John de Robeck
Preceded by The Earl Beatty	First Sea Lord 1927–1930	Succeeded by Sir Frederick Field
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Stanley Colville	First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp 1922–1924	Succeeded by Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Kells) 1919–1935	Succeeded by Charles Madden

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