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Charles Austen
Rear Admiral Charles John Austen CB (23 June 1779 – 7 October 1852) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and beyond, eventually rising to the rank of rear-admiral.
==Family and early life==
Charles was born in 1779 as the sixth and youngest son of the Reverend George Austen.〔(Stanford – WH Auden Ghosts )〕 His elder brother, Sir Francis Austen also joined the navy and eventually rose to be Admiral of the Fleet. Their sister was the famous novelist Jane Austen.〔 Charles joined the Royal Naval Academy in July 1791, and by September 1794 he had become midshipman aboard . He subsequently served aboard and . While serving aboard the ''Unicorn'' Austen assisted in the capture of the 18-gun Dutch brig ''Comet'', the 44-gun French frigate and the French transport ship ''Ville de l'Orient''.〔
After transferring to ''Endymion'' he helped in the driving into Hellevoetsluis of the Dutch ship of the line ''Brutus''. As a result of the latter action Austen was promoted to lieutenant on 13 December 1797, and appointed to .〔 He was aboard ''Scorpion'' long enough to be present at the capture of the Dutch brig ''Courier'', after which he transferred to .〔 Aboard ''Tamar'' Austen was frequently involved in attacks and engagements with gunboats and privateers out of Algeciras. He returned to the ''Endymion'' in April 1800. On one occasion he set off in a small boat in a gale with only four other men, and succeeded in boarding and taking possession of the 18-gun ''Scipio'', with 149 men aboard. He kept control of her until the following day when ''Endymion'' could complete the capture.〔 After continued good service under Captain Charles Paget, the Admiralty promoted Austen to commander and he took command of the sloop on 10 October 1804.〔
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