Charles Madden, 1st Baronet

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Admiral Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet (painting by Reginald Eves, 1922)

Sir Charles Edward Madden, 1st Baronet , GCB , OM , GCVO , KCMG (* 5. September 1862 in Gillingham , Kent , † 5. June 1935 in London ) was a British naval officer of the Royal Navy , the last as Commodore (Admiral of the Fleet) 1927-1930 first Sea Lord (first Sea Lord) was.

Life

Training, uses as a naval officer and staff officer

Charles Edward Madden was the son of John William Madden, a captain in the 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot , and his wife Emily Busby. On July 15, 1875, he began his training as a naval officer in the Royal Navy as a midshipman on the HMS Britannia . On October 27, 1881 he was promoted to lieutenant in the sea ( sub-lieutenant ) and took part in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882 . After being on July 27, 1884 to lieutenant commander (Lieutenant) had been promoted, he found various uses in the Royal Navy, such as on the troopship HMS Assistance , as a torpedo officer on the frigate HMS Raleigh and on the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Royal Sovereign .

As a sea captain, Madden was in command of the armored cruiser HMS Good Hope between 1902 and 1904 .

On June 30, 1896 Madden was promoted to frigate captain (Commander) and then transferred to the protected cruiser HMS Terrible and then to the unit line ship HMS Caesar . After being on June 30, 1901 was promoted to Captain (Captain) had received, he first sided service on the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Renown and was in April 1902 commander of the now as a supply ship serving former battleship HMS Orion . He then took over in November 1902 the post of commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the armored cruiser HMS Good Hope and held this position until November 1904. As such, he was born on August 11, 1903 Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order . In December 1904 he changed briefly as commander to the standard ship of the line HMS Majestic and held this command until January 1905.

Thereafter, Captain Charles Madden served as Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord , Admiral of the Fleet John Fisher , from December 1905 to August 1907 , and remained in that position until August 1907 August 1907 Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO). In August 1907 he also took over the post of commander of the battleship HMS Dreadnought , which he held until December 1908. As such, he was in personal union between August 1907 and December 1908 also chief of staff of the Home Fleet ( Home Fleet ) . He then returned to the Admiralty in December 1908 , where he succeeded Captain Hugh Evan-Thomas as Naval Secretary . He held this position until January 1910 and was then replaced by Captain Ernest Troubridge . On January 4, 1904, he became aide-de-camp of King Edward VII for the Navy , replacing David Beatty, who had been promoted to Rear Admiral .

Promotion to flag officer and First World War

During the First World War , Rear Admiral Madden was the closest associate of the Commander-in-Chief of the Great Fleet, Admiral John Jellicoe , who was also his brother-in-law by marriage
Charles Madden (3rd from right) in the painting Naval Officers of World War I by Arthur Stockdale Cope (1921)

Shortly after, Charles Madden in 1910 successor to Rear Admiral in January Alfred Winsloe as Fourth Sea Lord (Fourth Sea Lord) and was in this use until its replacement by William Pakenham in December 1911 in charge of catering, supply, transportation and medical care for the Royal Navy. In May 1910 he took part in the funeral ceremonies for King Edward VII. On April 12, 1911 Madden became a Rear Admiral (Rear Admiral) transported. After he was Deputy Commander of the 1st Battle Squadron (Second in Command, 1st Battle Squadron) between January and December 1912 , he took over the post of Commander of the 3rd Cruiser Squadron between December 1912 and December 1913 and in December 1913 to July 1914 as commander of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron .

At the beginning of World War Rear Admiral Madden took over in August 1914 the post of Chief of Staff of the Great Fleet (Chief of Staff, Grand Fleet ) and served in that role until his replacement by Rear Admiral Osmond Brock in December 1916, the closest associate of the Supreme Commander of the Great Fleet, Admiral John Jellicoe , whose wife Florence Gwendoline Cayzer was a sister of Madden's wife Constance Winifred Cayzer. On January 1, 1916, he was beaten Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) and has since had the addition of "Sir". As Chief of Staff of the Great Fleet, he was jointly responsible for the planning and organization of the Skagerrak Battle , the largest naval battle of the First World War between the German deep sea fleet and the Grand Fleet of the Royal Navy from May 31, 1916 to June 1, 1916 in the waters before Jutland . On June 10, 1916, he was then to Vice Admiral (Vice Admiral) conveyed as well as the Knight Commander of the September 15, 1916 Order of St Michael and St George defeated (KCMG). In December 1916 he finally took over from Admiral Cecil Burney the post of 1st Battleship Squadron (1st Battle Squadron) , which he held until his replacement by Vice Admiral Sydney Fremantle in April 1919.

For his services in the First World War, he also received the title of command of the Legion of Honor , the Russian Order of Saint Anne , the Grand Cross of the Order of the Rising Sun , the title of Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold and the Croix de Guerre .

Post-war period, promotion to Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord

In 1927, Admiral of the Fleet Madden succeeded David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, as First Sea Lord

Charles Madden was on 1 January 1919, the Grand Cross ( Knight Grand Cross ) awarded the Order of the Bath (GCB) and on 12 February 1919 Admiral promoted, which was backdated to 28 November 1916th In April 1919, he assumed the post of Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet again established (Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet ) , which he until his replacement by Admiral de John Robeck held in August 1922nd On October 7, 1919 he was also raised to the hereditary baronet , of Kells in the County of Kilkenny , in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom . On July 23, 1920, he was also awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO). On August 15, 1922, he succeeded Admiral Stanley Colville as First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp ) from King George V and held this position until his replacement by Admiral Somerset Gough-Calthorpe in 1924.

On July 31, 1924 Charles Edward Madden eventually became the Commodore (Admiral of the Fleet) transported. After chairing a committee on the use and training of the Royal Marines in 1924 and a member of a committee chaired by Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford for the administration of the Royal Navy in 1925 , he succeeded Admiral of the Fleet David Beatty in July 1927 , 1st Earl Beatty as first Sea Lord (first Sea Lord) and at the same time as chief of naval Staff (chief of the naval Staff) . He held these functions until his replacement by Admiral Frederick Field in July 1930. For his outstanding military services, he was finally a member of the Order of Merit (OM) in 1931 . He has also been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law (Honorary DCL) and Honorary Doctor of Law (Honorary LL.D.) from the University of Oxford .

His marriage on June 28, 1905 to Constance Winifred Cayzer, daughter of the House of Commons Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet had four daughters and two sons, including the eldest son Charles Edward Madden , who inherited the title of 2nd Baronet in 1935 and as Admiral of the Royal Navy, among others, from 1957 to 1959 commander of the naval base Malta (Flag Officer, Malta) , 1961-1962 commander in chief of the naval base Plymouth (Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth) and 1963-1965 Supreme Commander of the home fleet (Commander in Chief, Home Fleet ) was.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  6. ↑ CAPTAINS COMMANDING ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS , p. 38
  7. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 38
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  12. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 8
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  28. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 94
  29. ↑ BARONETAGE (leighrayment.com)
  30. ↑ London Gazette . No. 31708, HMSO, London, December 30, 1919, p. 15988 ( PDF , accessed December 27, 2018, English).
  31. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
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  35. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 2
predecessor Office successor
Hugh Evan-Thomas Naval Secretary
1908-1910 		Ernest Troubridge
Sir Alfred Winsloe Fourth Sea Lord
1910–1911 		Sir William Pakenham
Item created again Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet
1919-1922 		Sir John de Robeck
Sir Stanley Colville First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp
1922–1924 		Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe
David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty First sea lord
1927–1930 		Sir Frederick Field
New title created Baronet, of Kells
1919-1935 		Charles Edward Madden
personal data
SURNAME Madden, Charles, 1st Baronet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Madden, Sir Charles Edward, 1st Baronet (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Gillingham , Kent
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1935
Place of death London