George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan

Infobox Military Person
name= George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan
lived= 5 May 1783 – 15 September, 1864
placeofbirth= St James's Square, London
placeofdeath= Picadilly, London


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allegiance= flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
serviceyears= 1796 to 1864
rank= Royal Navy Admiral
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battles= French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars • Adriatic Campaign
awards= Knight of the Order of Maria Teresa, Companion of the Order of the Bath
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Admiral George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan, KMT, CB was a prominent British Royal Navy officer and politician of the mid-nineteenth century who first gained notoriety for his service in the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars in command of HMS "Havannah". Cadogan later served as aide-de-camp to successive British monarchs and received promotion to full admiral.

The son of Charles Cadogan, 3rd Baron Cadogan and his second wife Mary Churchill, Cadogan inherited his father's titles from his half brother Charles in 1832 and became the third Earl Cadogan. Later in life, Cadogan was elected to become a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and died in 1864.

Life

George Cadogan was born the eighth son of Charles Cadogan, 3rd Baron Cadogan and the second son of Mary Churchill, the Baron's second wife in 1783 at St James's Square in London. George would follow his brother Thomas, 29 years his senior, into the Royal Navy, although Thomas had drowned in an accident in 1782. Joining the Navy aged 13 in 1796, Cadogan served in the French Revolutionary Wars.

By 1807, George was a Post Captain and in 1811 he was given command of the newly commissioned HMS "Havannah", a 36-gun fifth rate frigate. In 1812 "Havannah" was ordered to the Adriatic, to reinforce the British squadron there that had already defeated the French forces in the area at several battles in 1811. "Havannah" was based at the island of Lissa, but in 1813 Cadogan was ordered to operate against the Northern Italian coastline in conjunction with the approaching forces of the Austrian Empire during the War of the Sixth Coalition. [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=1092 HMS Havannah] , "Ships of the Old Navy", Retrieved 15 June 2008]

Cadogan was highly successful in this endeavour, destroying or capturing numerous French and Italian ships off Vasto and other ports on the French-held coastline. In October 1813, Cadogan was attached to the force under Thomas Fremantle that forced the surrender of Trieste and later in the year "Havannah" successfully captured Zara from the French garrison in a daring coastal raid. In 1815, Cadogan returned to Britain and was made Companion of the Order of the Bath. Cadogan was married to Honoria Louisa Balke and the couple had five children, the third of whom, Henry, later became 4th Earl Cadogan and the fifth General Sir George Cadogan of the British Army.

The untimely deaths of six of Cadogan's seven brothers brought him the title of Earl Cadogan (which his father had been awarded in 1800) on the death of his eldest brother Charles Cadogan, 2nd Earl Cadogan in 1832. Cadogan took his seat in the House of Lords, but remained a prominent naval officer, continuing to rise in the service and serving as aide-de-camp to King William IV between 1830 and 1837 and Queen Victoria between 1837 and 1841. By 1851, Cadogan was a vice-admiral and in 1852 he became a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Cadogan died a full admiral in 1864 in his London home in Picadilly. [http://www.thepeerage.com/p1205.htm Admiral George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan] , "peerage.com", Daryl Lundy, Retrieved 15 June 2008]

Notes

Persondata
NAME=Cadogan, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan
SHORT DESCRIPTION= British Royal Navy officer and earl
DATE OF BIRTH=5 May 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH=St James's Square, London
DATE OF DEATH=15 September 1864
PLACE OF DEATH=Picadilly, London