Charles Saunders (Admiral)

Admiral Sir Charles Saunders

Sir Charles Saunders , KB (around 1715 - December 7, 1775 in London ) was a British admiral and politician .

He joined the Royal Navy in 1727 . In 1734 he was promoted to lieutenant and in 1743 to post-captain . During the Austrian War of Succession in 1747, he commanded a ship of the line in the Second Sea Battle at Cape Finisterre . He was promoted to captain in 1749, Rear Admiral of the Blue in 1756 and Vice Admiral of the Blue in 1759 . In 1759, during the Seven Years' War , he commanded the fleet that brought James Wolfe's army to Québec , thereby enabling the siege of the city . Thereupon he secured the victory of the fallen general after the battle on the Plains of Abraham . From 1750 to the end of his life he was a member of the British House of Commons , 1750 to 1754 as MP for Plymouth , 1754 to 1775 for Hedon . In 1761 he was knighted as Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath . In 1762 he was promoted to Vice Admiral of the White and in 1770 to Admiral of the Blue . In 1766 he held the post of First Lord of the Admiralty .

According to him, Saunders Iceland , an uninhabited island in the South Atlantic and Cape Saunders on the north coast of South Georgia named.

literature

• Charles Saunders . In: Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 24 volumes, 1966–2018. University of Toronto Press, Toronto ( English , French ).
• Edward Salmon: Life of Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, KB Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London 1914.

Individual evidence

1. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 170.

predecessor	Office	successor
John Perceval	First Lord of the Admiralty 1766	Edward Hawke