Admiral Sir Edward Francis Benedict Charlton, (21 March 1865 – 23 October 1937) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station.
Naval career Charlton joined the Royal Navy in 1878 and served in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882. Promoted to the rank of captain on 1 January 1903, he was made Captain (Destroyers) in the Home Fleet in 1904.Naval & Military Intelligence, The Times, 4 December 1903 He went on to be assistant director of torpedoes from 1911.Naval Appointments, The Times, 11 January 1911 He served in World War I as Admiral Commanding East Coast Minesweepers from 1914 and then as Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station from 1916.Simonstown Historical Society After the War he became Flag Officer commanding the East Coast of England.Supplement to the Monthly Navy List, November 1918, p. 2 He retired in 1924.
He lived at Eastern House in Alverstoke in Hampshire.The Peerage.com
Family In 1903 he married Laura Mary Strutt; they had three daughters. In 1910 he married Winifred Mary Stapleton-Bretherton; they had two sons and three daughters.
References
External links The Dreadnought Project - Edward Charlton (Royal Navy officer)