306:
to intercept Dutch convoys. As officer commanding a squadron he was allowed to carry the title of "commodore" though his formal rank remained that of captain. He intercepted a convoy of Dutch merchantmen escorted by a smaller squadron of naval vessels of the
510:
Biographia navalis: or, Impartial memoirs of the lives and characters of officers of the navy of Great
Britain, from the year 1660 to the present time; drawn from the most authentic sources, and disposed in a chronological arrangement, Volume
268:
experienced an explosion in July, 1774 in which eleven seamen lost their lives. He was found to be not at fault for the incident, and retained his command for the usual term. In 1776 he received command of
40:
546:
352:(with whom he had already served in American waters) to Gibraltar in September, 1782. He was lightly wounded by a splinter in the arm during the skirmish that is known as the
566:
251:
397:
356:
on 20 October 1782. Though the wound was far from serious, infection set in and
Fielding died of gangrene on 11 January of the following year.
228:
which was decommissioned after the end of the war. Apparently, he did not receive a new command until 1770, when he was appointed to
181:, whose third son his father was. (He himself was a second son.) He married Sophia Finch, a Woman of the Bedchamber of the Queen (
186:
178:
182:
22:
316:
244:
135:
551:
205:
Fielding enlisted in the Royal Navy at an early age, probably following the usual career after starting as a
571:
561:
349:
405:
177:, and Elizabeth Palmer. His biographers apparently thought it more important that he was related to the
277:
209:. From his early career little is known, according to his biographer, Charnock, but he was appointed a
174:
109:
319:
of 31 December 1779. The commotion this incident caused in the
Republic would eventually lead to the
556:
84:
437:
353:
320:
151:
143:
139:
114:
508:
541:
536:
493:
312:
281:
134:; 2 July 1738 – 11 January 1783) was a British naval officer who was the initiator of the
8:
280:
had begun. He remained in that area for some years and in 1778 temporarily commanded the
229:
214:
377:
327:
270:
222:
342:
155:
299:
288:
303:
258:
308:
530:
334:
240:
210:
190:
295:
236:
189:.) They had three daughters and a son, also called Charles, who became a
206:
194:
96:
338:
169:
Fielding was the son of
Charles Feilding, Colonel in the Guards and
147:
39:
170:
376:
as this is how we find details about his family life in e.g.
348:
in 1782 he became her first captain. He accompanied
Admiral
287:
After his return to Europe in 1779 he was given command of
276:
with which he transported troops to
America, where the
547:
Royal Navy personnel of the
American Revolutionary War
257:(44) on which he sailed till he received command of
528:
298:of 90 guns, and put in charge of a squadron of
567:Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War
185:) on 29 February 1772. (She was a sister of
372:His name is probably more properly spelled
341:in April, 1781. After the commissioning of
38:
311:Navy under command of Rear-Admiral Count
284:Station, where he distinguished himself.
150:after being wounded in action during the
506:
392:
390:
529:
221:(20). In 1762 he was given command of
387:
326:Shortly afterwards he was removed to
384:in the biography that is here cited.
187:George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea
435:
402:Halhed genealogy & family trees
250:Soon after, he received command of
13:
14:
583:
239:of 60 guns, launched in 1757) as
333:in which he accompanied Admiral
380:; however, the name is spelled
264:in 1772. During his tenure the
175:King George II of Great Britain
473:
464:
455:
429:
420:
366:
317:Affair of Fielding and Bylandt
213:on 27 August 1760 (during the
164:
136:Affair of Fielding and Bylandt
16:Royal navy officer (1738–1783)
1:
45:
278:American War of Independence
142:. He attained the "rank" of
23:Charles Fielding (1863–1941)
7:
500:The Naval Chronicle. Vol 18
337:, when the latter relieved
217:) and given command of HMS
10:
588:
486:
110:American Revolutionary War
20:
505:"Fielding, Charles," in:
200:
102:
90:
80:
68:
53:
37:
30:
398:"Cdre. Charles Feilding"
359:
85:Kingdom of Great Britain
21:Not to be confused with
507:Charnock, John (1798).
461:Charnock, p. 392, fn. *
354:Battle of Cape Spartel
321:Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
179:fourth Earl of Denbigh
152:Battle of Cape Spartel
140:Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
115:Battle of Cape Spartel
442:Ships of the Old Navy
138:in the run-up to the
552:Deaths from gangrene
313:Lodewijk van Bylandt
572:Royal Navy captains
562:Royal Navy officers
315:, which led to the
514:. pp. 391–393
502:. p. 2, fn. *
436:Philips, Michael.
44:Charles Fielding,
300:ships of the line
245:Sir Francis Geary
125:
124:
579:
523:
521:
519:
497:
480:
479:Charnock, p. 393
477:
471:
470:Charnock, p. 392
468:
462:
459:
453:
452:
450:
448:
433:
427:
426:Charnock, p. 391
424:
418:
417:
415:
413:
404:. Archived from
394:
385:
370:
215:Seven Years' War
132:Charles Feilding
128:Charles Fielding
92:
75:
72:January 11, 1783
63:
61:
47:
42:
32:Charles Fielding
28:
27:
587:
586:
582:
581:
580:
578:
577:
576:
557:Feilding family
527:
526:
517:
515:
496:, and Jones, S.
492:
489:
484:
483:
478:
474:
469:
465:
460:
456:
446:
444:
434:
430:
425:
421:
411:
409:
396:
395:
388:
378:Burke's Peerage
371:
367:
362:
304:English Channel
203:
167:
130:(also known as
121:
73:
59:
57:
49:
33:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
585:
575:
574:
569:
564:
559:
554:
549:
544:
539:
525:
524:
503:
488:
485:
482:
481:
472:
463:
454:
428:
419:
408:on 2 July 2013
386:
364:
363:
361:
358:
309:Dutch Republic
202:
199:
166:
163:
123:
122:
120:
119:
118:
117:
106:
104:
100:
99:
94:
88:
87:
82:
78:
77:
76:(aged 44)
70:
66:
65:
55:
51:
50:
43:
35:
34:
31:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
584:
573:
570:
568:
565:
563:
560:
558:
555:
553:
550:
548:
545:
543:
540:
538:
535:
534:
532:
513:
512:
504:
501:
495:
494:Clarke, J. S.
491:
490:
476:
467:
458:
443:
439:
432:
423:
407:
403:
399:
393:
391:
383:
379:
375:
369:
365:
357:
355:
351:
347:
346:
340:
336:
332:
331:
324:
322:
318:
314:
310:
305:
302:cruising the
301:
297:
293:
292:
285:
283:
279:
275:
274:
267:
263:
262:
256:
255:
248:
246:
242:
238:
234:
233:
227:
226:
220:
216:
212:
208:
198:
196:
192:
188:
184:
180:
176:
172:
162:
160:
159:
154:, commanding
153:
149:
145:
141:
137:
133:
129:
116:
113:
112:
111:
108:
107:
105:
101:
98:
95:
89:
86:
83:
79:
71:
67:
56:
52:
41:
36:
29:
24:
19:
516:. Retrieved
509:
499:
475:
466:
457:
445:. Retrieved
441:
431:
422:
410:. Retrieved
406:the original
401:
381:
373:
368:
344:
335:George Darby
329:
325:
290:
286:
272:
265:
260:
253:
249:
241:flag captain
231:
224:
218:
211:Post-Captain
204:
191:rear-admiral
168:
157:
146:and died of
131:
127:
126:
103:Battles/wars
74:(1783-01-11)
64:July 2, 1738
18:
542:1783 deaths
537:1738 births
438:"Kent (74)"
296:second rate
243:of Admiral
237:fourth-rate
165:Family life
531:Categories
207:midshipman
195:Royal Navy
97:Royal Navy
81:Allegiance
60:1738-07-02
339:Gibraltar
219:Flamstead
183:Charlotte
144:Commodore
518:29 March
447:29 March
412:29 March
382:Fielding
374:Feilding
232:Achilles
148:gangrene
91:Service/
498:(1807)
487:Sources
330:Minerva
282:Halifax
273:Diamond
254:Rainbow
225:Unicorn
193:in the
171:Equerry
345:Ganges
201:Career
158:Ganges
93:branch
360:Notes
291:Namur
520:2013
449:2013
414:2013
350:Howe
343:HMS
328:HMS
294:, a
289:HMS
271:HMS
266:Kent
261:Kent
259:HMS
252:HMS
230:HMS
223:HMS
156:HMS
69:Died
54:Born
48:1780
235:(a
173:to
533::
440:.
400:.
389:^
323:.
247:.
197:.
161:.
46:c.
522:.
511:6
451:.
416:.
62:)
58:(
25:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
