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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 Sir Chaloner Ogle, 1st Baronet and Hester Ogle (daughter of the Rt. Rev. John Thomas), Ogle was educated at Hyde Abbey School in Winchester before joining the Royal Navy in 1787.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sir Charles Ogle )〕 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.〔Heathcote, p. 200〕 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.〔 Ogle was promoted to lieutenant on 14 November 1793 and assigned to the fifth-rate HMS ''Woolwich'' on the West Indies Station.〔 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.〔 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.〔Heathcote, p. 201〕 Ogle was briefly acting commander of the fifth-rate HMS ''Assurance'' before being promoted to commander on 21 May 1794 and being given command of the sloop HMS ''Avenger'' later that month.〔 Ogle next served under Vice-Admiral Sir John Jervis in the Mediterranean Fleet becoming commanding officer of the sloop HMS ''Peterel'' in November 1795 and, having been promoted to captain on 11 January 1796, becoming commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS ''Minerva'' later that month.〔 Ogle went on to be commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS ''Meleager'' in Spring 1797 and saw action during the assault on Cádiz in June 1797.〔 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.〔 Following the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars, Ogle was given command of the fifth-rate HMS ''Unite'' in the Mediterranean Fleet in April 1805 and then became commanding officer of the Royal Yacht HMS ''Princess Augusta'' in June 1806.〔 He transferred to the command of the third-rate HMS ''Ramillies'' in the Channel Squadron in August 1815, of the command of the second-rate HMS ''Malta'' at Plymouth in November 1815 and finally of the third-rate HMS ''Rivoli'' at Portsmouth in January 1816.〔 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Worthy Park House )〕 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「Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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