Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet

HMS *Rivoli*
North American Station
Portsmouth Command
HMS Rivoli; North American Station; Portsmouth Command
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars; Napoleonic Wars

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet (24 May 1775 – 16 June 1858) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, he saw action leading storming parties at the capture of Martinique and at the capture of Guadeloupe during the French Revolutionary Wars. He also took part in the landings in Egypt in the later stages of the French Revolutionary Wars.

During the Napoleonic Wars, Ogle commanded of the fifth-rate HMS Unite in the Mediterranean Fleet. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, North American Station and then Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. He also briefly served as Tory Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Portarlington.

Early career

Born the eldest son of Admiral

the Rt. Rev. John Thomas), Ogle was educated at Hyde Abbey School in Winchester before joining the Royal Navy in 1787.^[1] He initially served as a captain's servant in the fifth-rate HMS Adventure in the West Africa Squadron and then transferred to the fourth-rate HMS Medusa in the same squadron.^[2] Promoted to midshipman, he joined the third-rate HMS Alcide at Portsmouth in September 1791 and then served in the fifth-rate HMS Winchelsea on the North America Station followed by the third-rate HMS Edgar in the Home Fleet and then by the second-rate HMS Boyne in the Channel Squadron.^[2]

Ogle was promoted to lieutenant on 14 November 1793 and assigned to the fifth-rate HMS Woolwich on the West Indies Station.^[2] He transferred to the third-rate HMS Vengeance in December 1793 and then returned to the second-rate HMS Boyne in January 1794, by which time she was serving as flagship to Vice-Admiral Sir John Jervis, Commander-in-Chief, West Indies Station.^[2] He saw action leading storming parties at the capture of Martinique in March 1794 and at the capture of Guadeloupe in April 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars.^[3]

Ogle was briefly acting commander of the fifth-rate

assault on Cádiz in June 1797.^[3] After that he was given command of the fifth-rate HMS Greyhound and then of the fifth-rate HMS Égyptienne in which he took part in the landings in Egypt in March 1801.^[3]

Following the outbreak of the

HMS Rivoli at Portsmouth in January 1816.^[3]

Ogle succeeded to his father's title and estates in August 1816 and commissioned Sir Robert Smirke to demolish the west wing of Worthy Park House and replace it with a new building, built in the Georgian style.^[4]

Senior command

Promoted to

vice-admiral on 22 July 1830^[6] on leaving the North American Station and was elected as Tory Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Portarlington at the general election in September 1830;^[7] he retired at the dissolution of Parliament a year later without having spoken in any debates.^[8] In his later years Ogle lived at No. 4 Belgrave Square in London.^[8]

Promoted to full admiral on 23 November 1841,^[9] Ogle became Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, with his flag in the first-rate HMS St Vincent, in 1845.^[3] He was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 8 November 1857,^[10] died at Tunbridge Wells on 16 June 1858 and was buried at the churchyard of St Mary's Church at Ponteland in Northumberland (not far from Kirkley Hall, the ancestral home of the Ogle family).^[3]

Family

In 1802 Ogle married Charlotte Margaret Gage, daughter of General Thomas Gage: they had two daughters and a son.^[11] In 1820, following the death of his first wife, he married Letitia Burroughs; they had one son.^[1] In 1834, following the death of his second wife, he married Mary Anne, the daughter of George Cary of Torre Abbey, Devon and widow of Sir John Hayford Thorold, 10th Baronet of Syston Park.^[1] Ogle was the brother-in-law of General Sir Charles Asgill and Executor of his will. He also inherited, in perpetuity, the portrait of Asgill, painted in 1822 by Thomas Phillips.^[12]

Legacy

The ferry, Sir Charles Ogle, was named after the baronet.^[13]

References

^
doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20606. Retrieved 4 April 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership
required.)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Heathcote, p. 200
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Heathcote, p. 201
^ "Worthy Park House". Parks and Gardens. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
^ "No. 17505". The London Gazette. 12 August 1819. p. 1447.
^ "No. 18709". The London Gazette. 23 July 1830. p. 1540.
^ "No. 18729". The London Gazette. 24 September 1830. p. 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet". History of Parliament. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
^ "No. 20044". The London Gazette. 24 November 1841. p. 3014.
^ "No. 22071". The London Gazette. 11 December 1857. p. 4367.
^ Burke, John (1839). Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (6th ed.). p. 792.
^ "Catalogue description: Will of Sir Charles Asgill of York Street Saint James's Square in the City of..." 9 August 1823 – via National Archive of the UK.
^ "Sir Charles Ogle, The Mills List of Canadian Steamships". Maritime Museum of the Great Lakes. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

Sources

Heathcote, Tony (2002). The British Admirals of the Fleet 1734 – 1995. Pen & Sword.
ISBN 0-85052-835-6
.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Farquahar	Member of Parliament for Portarlington 1830–1831	Succeeded by Sir William Rae, Bt
Military offices
Preceded by Sir Willoughby Lake	Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station 1827–1830	Succeeded by Sir Edward Colpoys
Preceded by Sir Charles Rowley	Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth 1845–1848	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Capel
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Chaloner Ogle	Baronet (of Worthy) 1816–1858	Succeeded by Chaloner Ogle

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