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Charles Boarman (December 24, 1795 –September 13, 1879) was a career officer in the United States Navy. He entered the naval service shortly before the War of 1812 and served until 1876, subsequently retiring as a rear admiral. He held a number of important posts, both in peace and wartime, in the Mediterranean, West Indies and Brazil Squadrons and as commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He was also assigned to special duty during the American Civil War and a member of the U.S. Naval Board at Washington, DC. After attending naval school at the Washington Navy Yard, Boarman saw service as a young midshipmen aboard the during the War of 1812 and later took part in anti-piracy operations in the early 1820s. He commanded a number of warships between 1827 and 1850, most notably, the during the Mexican-American War. In 1876, Boarman was promoted to rear admiral on the retired list and died in Martinsburg, West Virginia three years later. He was among several of Catholic background, such as John Cassin, Patrick McDonough, and Philip C. Wederstrandt, to become high ranking naval officers in the early years of the U.S. Navy.〔''Mariale''. Loretto, Pennsylvania: St. Francis Seminary, 1929.〕 He was also, at the time of his death, the longest serving naval officer on the Navy Register with 68 years service. The Boarman family home, the Boarman House, occupied by the family for over a century, is a state historical landmark in West Virginia. ==Early life and career== Charles Boarman was born in Bryantown, Maryland on December 24, 1795. He was the son of Mary (née Edelen; 1750–aft. 1796) and Charles Boarman, Sr. (1751–1819), a professor at Georgetown College.〔Furey, John. "Some Catholic Names In U.S. Navy List". ''Historical Records and Studies''. Vol. VI, No. 1. New York: United States Catholic Historical Society, 1911. (pg. 181-184)〕〔Benson, William S., James J. Walsh and Edward J. Hanna, eds. "Catholics in the Navy of the United States". ''Catholic Builders of the Nation: A Symposium on the Catholic Contribution to the Civilization of the United States''. Boston: Continental Press, 1923. (pg. 263-264)〕 The Boarmans were among the oldest families in colonial Maryland. Its patriarch, Major William Boarman (1630–1709), was an officer and administrator under Lord Baltimore, first arriving in the colony in 1645, and became a major landholder in present-day Charles County.〔Thomas, C. F. (''Genealogy of the Boarman Family'' ). Baltimore: John Murphy & Co., 1897. (pg. 5, 16)〕 Many of Charles Boarman's relatives were in the clergy including his uncle Rev. Sylvester Boarman and distant cousins Rev. Father Edelen and Rev. Cornelius Thomas, the latter a rector of St. Anne's Church in Baltimore. Boarman's aunt Sallie Edelen was a Sister in the Poor Clares in France before having to flee the country during the Reign of Terror; four of his cousins were among the first women to enter Baltimore's Carmelite Convent.〔 Boarman's father was also, at one time, studying to enter the priesthood. He was educated at the Jesuit College of Liege, Belgium, and was a scholastic of the Society at the time of the suppression of the Jesuits in 1773. As a result, he was released from his vows and returned to Maryland where he met and married his future wife.〔 The Boarman family lived on a farm in Charles County while Charles Boarman, Sr. resided at Georgetown University. In 1799, he moved the family to Georgetown where they lived in a brick house on the university grounds. After Boarman, Sr. died, the house was occupied by Mrs. Susan Decatur, widow of Captain Stephen Decatur, until her death in 1860. The property was later sold and the house was torn down; the site is now included in the university's baseball field.〔 The younger Charles Boarman was educated at Georgetown from 1803 to 1808. In 1811, Boarman's father wrote to Robert Brent, the mayor of Washington, D.C. and U.S. Army paymaster, asking for a letter of recommendation for his son in regards to a midshipmans commission in the United States Navy.〔McKee, Christopher. ''A Gentlemanly and Honorable Profession: The Creation of the U.S. Naval Officer Corps, 1794-1815''. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1991. (pg. 40-41) ISBN 0-87021-283-4〕 In August of that year, on behalf of Boarman's father, Brent wrote to then United States Secretary of the Navy Paul Hamilton endorsing the commission.〔 In addition to the father's letter was a personal application from a 16-year-old "Charley" Boarman himself.〔 Hamilton approved Boarman's application a day after receiving the letter.〔 He attended instruction in the Washington Navy Yard and was under the tuition of Chaplain Andrew Hunter, a military chaplain in the Continental Army and mathematics professor in Princeton University, while in Washington. Boarman was assigned to the sloop in Baltimore upon the completion of his training in September 1813. He later served aboard the brig seeing action on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812.〔〔〔Hamersly, Lewis R. "Commodore Charles Boarman". ''The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy & Marine Corps''. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1878. (pg. 88)〕〔Norris, J. E. ''History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley''. Chicago: A. Warner and Company, Publishers, 1890. (pg. 688-689)〕〔''History of Amador County''. Federation of Amador County Women's Clubs, April 1927. (pg. 94-95)〕 He was one of several Georgetown alumni, including Thomas Blackstone, William Ford, Thomas Robinson, John Rogers, and Clement Sewall to participate in the war.〔Curran, Robert Emmett. ''The Bicentennial History of Georgetown University: From Academy to University, 1789-1889''. Vol. 1. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1993. (pg. 20) ISBN 0-87840-485-6〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Boarman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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