Charles Ross (Royal Navy officer)

Charles Ross
Born	July 1776
Died	2 March 1849
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands held	Pacific Station
Battles/wars	Napoleonic Wars

Vice Admiral Charles Bayne Hodgson Ross CB (July 1776 – 2 March 1849) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station.

Naval career

Ross joined the Royal Navy in 1788 and served throughout the Napoleonic Wars.^[1] Promoted to Captain in 1802, he was given command of Napoleon Bonaparte to exile on St Helena in 1815.^[3] He served as Commissioner of Plymouth Dockyard in 1829^[1] and was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1837.^[4]

Family

In 1803 he married Sarah Cockburn; they had one son and three daughters.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Historical Autographs
2. ^ Sailing Navies
3. ^ Napoleon and his fellow travellers: being a reprint of certain narratives of the voyages of the dethroned emperor on the Bellerophon and the Northumberland to exile in St. Helena: the romantic stories told by George Home, Captain Ross, Lord Lyttelton, and William Warden Edited by Clement Kin Shorter, 2010, ISBN 978-1151030283
4. ^ William Loney RN
5. ^ Roots.web

Military offices
Preceded by Graham Hamond as Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station	Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station 1837–1841	Succeeded by Richard Thomas

Persondata
Name	Ross, Charles
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Date of birth	1776
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Date of death	2 March 1849
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