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Rear-Admiral Charles Steevens (ca. 1705 - 20 May 1761) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station. ==Naval career== Born the fifth son of John Steevens, Steevens was promoted to lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1729.〔(Oxford Dictionary of National Biography )〕 In 1738 as a lieutenant on HMS ''Falmouth'' he was involved in an incident whereby he insisted that Captain William Douglas, commanding officer of the ship, be confined in his cabin ''for the preservation of their lives'', he being ''disordered in his senses'': Steevens eventually gave Douglas a public apology and thereby avoided court martial.〔 He was given command of HMS ''Cumberland'' in 1741 and was present at the Battle of Cartagena de Indias in the Spring of that year.〔 He went on to command HMS ''Phaeton'' later that year, HMS ''Ludlow Castle'' from 1742 and HMS ''Portland'' from 1744 (in which he was involved in the capture of three French ships).〔 He briefly commanded HMS ''Tiger'' before becoming Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands in HMS ''Lichfield'' in 1755.〔 On return to England he was given command of HMS ''Oxford''.〔 He became Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station in 1760 with the rank of commodore.〔 Promoted rear-admiral of the blue, he organised the Naval siege of Pondicherry in September 1760, receiving their surrender in January 1761.〔〔(Jaques, Tony ''Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: P-Z'', p.808 )〕 He died, unmarried, at Bombay on 20 May 1761.〔 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 Steevens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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