Charles Shadwell (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir Charles Shadwell
Born	31 January 1814
Died	1 March 1886 (1886-04) (aged 72) Melksham, Wiltshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1827–1879
Rank	Admiral
Commands	HMS Sphinx HMS Highflyer HMS Aboukir HMS Hastings China Station Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Battles / wars	Second Opium War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell, KCB FRS (31 January 1814 – 1 March 1886) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station.

Born the fourth son of Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Charles Shadwell joined the Royal Navy in 1827.^[1] He was present during operations off Syria in 1840.^[2] In 1850 he became Commander in HMS Sphinx and took part in the Second Anglo-Burmese War.^[1] Promoted Captain in 1853, he commanded HMS Highflyer from 1856 and took part in the capture of Canton and the Battle of Taku Forts during the Second Opium War.^[1] He commanded HMS Aboukir from 1861 and HMS Hastings from 1862.^[1] He was appointed Captain-Superintendent of Gosport victualling-yard in 1864 and Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1871.^[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1861.^[2] In 1878 he was made President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.^[2]

He retired in 1879^[2] and in retirement lived at Meadow Bank in Melksham in Wiltshire.^[2] He died unmarried in 1886.^[2]

• O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Shadwell, Charles Frederick Alexander" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.