Chaloner Ogle, Sir., Admiral of the Fleet

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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Chaloner Ogle KB (1681 – 11 April 1750) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. After serving as a junior officer during the Nine Years' War, a ship he was commanding was captured by three French ships off Ostend in July 1706 in an action during the War of the Spanish Succession.

Ogle was given command of the fourth-rate HMS Swallow and saw action against the pirate fleet of Bartholomew Roberts in the Battle of Cape Lopez in February 1722. The action was to prove a turning point in the war against the pirates and many consider the death of Roberts to mark the end of the Golden Age of Piracy.

In December 1741 Ogle was dispatched with a fleet of some 30 ships to support Admiral Edward Vernon in his engagement with Spanish naval forces under Admiral Blas de Lezo off the coast of Colombia during the War of Jenkins' Ear. The attack on Fort San Lazaro was a disaster for the British forces and the Battle of Cartagena de Indias ultimately proved a decisive Spanish victory: 50 ships were lost, badly damaged or abandoned, and 18,000 soldiers and sailors died.

Ogle went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Naval career

Born the son of John Ogle, a Newcastle barrister, Ogle came from the Kirkley Hall branch of the prominent Northumbrian Ogle family of Northumberland. He joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer in 1697.

In 1721 he commanded HMS Swallow, leading the fleet in action off the West African coast. In 1722 he defeated the pirate fleet of Bartholomew Roberts in the Battle of Cape Lopez, for which success he was awarded a knighthood.

In 1741 as Rear Admiral of the Blue he led the British attack on three forts at Cartagena, Colombia during a disastrous campaign in the War of Jenkins' Ear.

In 1742 he was accused of an alleged assault upon Edward Trelawny, Governor of Jamaica but his career survived and he was appointed Admiral of the White and in 1749 he became Admiral of the Fleet.

He was also Member of Parliament for Rochester from 1746 to 1750.

Family

The IGI records that Challoner Ogle was married to Henrietta Isaacson on 16 October 1714, in Saint James' Church, Duke's Place, London, England. Other sources assert that he was first married in 1726 to Henrietta Issacson; and secondly in 1737 to his cousin Isabella Ogle, daughter of Nathaniel Ogle of Kirkley Hall. Thus he was the great uncle of his brother-in-law and namesake, Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle, 1726–1816.

His home was latterly at Gifford Lodge in Twickenham in Middlesex where he died in 1750 without issue.

Chaloner Ogle

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This article is about the English admiral, 1681–1750. For his cousin and brother-in-law, the English admiral, 1726–1816, see Sir Chaloner Ogle, 1st Baronet.

Sir Chaloner Ogle

Chaloner Ogle.JPG Sir Chaloner Ogle

Born 1681

Died 1750 (aged 68–69)

Allegiance

Kingdom of Great Britain 

Service/branch

Royal Navy 

Rank Admiral of the Fleet

Commands held HMS Swallow

Battles/wars

Battle of Cape Lopez War of Jenkins' Ear

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Chaloner Ogle (1681–1750) was a British naval commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.

Naval career

Born the son of John Ogle, a Newcastle barrister,[1] Ogle came from the Kirkley Hall branch of the prominent Northumbrian Ogle family of Northumberland.[2] He joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer in 1697.[1]

In 1721 he commanded HMS Swallow, leading the fleet in action off the West African coast.[1] In 1722 he defeated the pirate fleet of Bartholomew Roberts in the Battle of Cape Lopez, for which success he was awarded a knighthood.[1]

In 1741 as Rear Admiral of the Blue of British and American colonial army led by Admiral Edward Vernon he led the attack on three forts at Cartagena de Indias (now Colombia) during a disastrous campaign in the War of Jenkins' Ear.[1] In 1742 before Admiral Vernon heading back to Britain Ogle taking command of a very sickly fleet that had less than half its sailors fit for duty

In 1742 he was accused of an alleged assault upon Edward Trelawny, Governor of Jamaica[3] but his career survived and he was appointed Admiral of the White and in 1749 he became Admiral of the Fleet.[1]

He was also Member of Parliament for Rochester from 1746 to 1750.[4]

Family

The IGI records that Chaloner Ogle was married to Henrietta Isaacson on 16 October 1714, in Saint James' Church, Duke's Place, London, England. Other sources assert that he was first married in 1726 to Henrietta Issacson; and secondly in 1737 to his cousin Isabella Ogle,[1] daughter of Nathaniel Ogle of Kirkley Hall. Thus he was the great uncle of his brother-in-law and namesake, Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle, 1726–1816.

His home was latterly at Gifford Lodge in Twickenham in Middlesex where he died in 1750 without issue.

References

1.^ a b c d e f g Chaloner Ogle at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2.^ A History of Northumberland Vol XII (The Northumberland County History Committee) (1929) Miss Madeleine Hope Dodds. p. 503 3.^ Ogle Tales and Trails 4.^ Rayment, Leigh. "Rochester (Kent)". House of Commons. Retrieved 11 November 2010.