naval officer
Charles Knowles.
Royal Navy officer during the War of the Austrian Succession, Seven Years' War, later admiral
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About Charles Knowles
Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet was a British naval officer, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Jamaica from 1752 to 1756. Serving in the Royal Navy during the War of Jenkins' Ear, War of the Austrian Succession and Seven Years' War, he also briefly served in the Imperial Russian Navy during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774. Knowles rose to the rank of admiral in a long and varied career, crowned with both success, and at times, controversy.
Everything about Charles Knowles →- Occupation
- naval officer, politician
- Position held
- Governor of Jamaica, member of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1704, October 15, 1694
- Died
- December 9, 1777