Charles Hadden

Sir Charles Hadden
Born	1854
Died	1924 (aged 69 or 70)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Major-General Sir Charles Frederick Hadden KCB (1854–1924) is a former Master-General of the Ordnance.

Military career

Hadden was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1873.^[1] He was appointed Chief Inspector at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich in 1893 and then became a Member of the Ordnance Committee and an Associate Member of Explosives Committee in 1901.^[1]

He was made Commandant of the Ordnance College and Director of Artillery in 1904 before moving on to be Master-General of the Ordnance in 1907.^[1] In that capacity he was a member of a special committee set up by Prime Minister Herbert Asquith to exploit aerial construction in 1909.^[2] He was appointed President of Ordnance Board and Royal Artillery Committee in 1913.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
2. ^ Great Britain wakes up Flight International, 8 May 1909

Military offices
Preceded by Sir James Wolfe-Murray	Master-General of the Ordnance 1907–1913	Succeeded by Sir Stanley Von Donop

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Name	Hadden, Charles
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Date of birth	1854
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Date of death	1924
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