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Charles Wale
Charles Wale (16 August 1765 – 20 March 1845) was an English General and the last British governor of Martinique between about 1812 and 1815.〔(Martinique history ) at worldstatesmen.org〕 On 25 February 1831 he was appointed Colonel of the 33rd Regiment of Foot〔(of Wellington's regimental website, Colonels of The Regiment )〕 and was given the governorship in recognition of his capture of Guadeloupe from the French. He was later knighted for his service.〔''Wale, Charles'' by Ernest Marsh Lloyd in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 59〕
==Early life and family==
His father was Thomas Wale and his mother Louisa Rudolphina Prediger Raften (who came from Riga). Charles's older sister Mary married a Thomas Pemberton of Trinity College, Cambridge. Wale attended Wisbech Grammar School and later studied in London.
He began his military career in 1779 with the 88th Foot under Colonel Keating. He initially served in Jamaica and in 1780 became a lieutenant in the 97th. With his new regiment he sailed to Gibraltar with Vice-Admiral George Darby's fleet in 1781 and participated in the latter part of the defence of Gibraltar during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. He later went onto serve in Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Cambridgeshire Militia. In 1799 he participated in the expedition to The Helder. He also served again in Jamaica and in Bengal.
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