Sir Charles Madden when he was Vice Admiral.

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Edward Madden, 1st Baronet, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG (5 September 1862–5 June 1935) was Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet during World War One and he held the rank of Admiral in the service of the Royal Navy. He was most famous as the British First Sea Lord from 1927 to 1930. He was born on 5th September 1862 and died on the 5th June in 1935. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 251 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (337 × 805 pixel, file size: 46 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Admiral Sir Charles Madden Taken by a Royal Navy official photographer in 1922 This image is in the public domain because its copyright... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 251 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (337 × 805 pixel, file size: 46 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Admiral Sir Charles Madden Taken by a Royal Navy official photographer in 1922 This image is in the public domain because its copyright... Badge of a Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath)[1] is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ... For other Orders see Order of Merit (disambiguation). ... Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... On the Orders insignia, St Michael is often depicted subduing Satan. ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... The First Sea Lord is the professional head of the British Royal Navy. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...

Early life

He was born at Brompton, Gillingham, Kent, on 5 September 1862, the second son of Captain John William Madden of the 4th (King's Own) regiment and his wife, Emily. He entered the Britannia as a naval cadet in 1875 and on promotion to Midshipman in 1877 was sent to the Alexandra, the flagship of Geoffrey Hornby in the Mediterranean. In 1880 he went to the Ruby, a corvette in the East Indies squadron, for two and a half years, being promoted sub-lieutenant in 1881. Gillingham is a town in Kent, England, forming part of the Medway conurbation; it is a constituent of Medway unitary authority. ... This article is about the county in England. ... A midshipman is a subordinate officer, or alternatively a commissioned officer of the lowest rank, in the navies of several English-speaking countries. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ...

Soon after promotion to Lieutenant in 1884 he became interested in torpedoes and spent two years in the torpedo school HMS Vernon and a further six as a staff officer. In 1892 he was appointed torpedo lieutenant of the Royal Sovereign, flagship of the channel squadron, and in 1893 resumed his post as staff officer of the Vernon until promoted commander in 1896. After three years at sea as commander of the cruiser Terrible and the battleship Caesar he returned to the Vernon in 1899 for a further two years, being promoted Captain in 1901. A year later he became, for two years, flag captain in the Good Hope (cruiser squadron) to Admiral Fawkes, who had been his captain in the Terrible. During this service he took Joseph Chamberlain on his memorable visit to South Africa at the end of 1902. Lieutenant is a military, naval, paramilitary, fire service or police officer rank. ... Captain is a nautical term, an organizational title, and a rank in various uniformed organizations. ... The Rt. ...

1905 – 1911

He married on 28 June 1905 Constance Winifred third and youngest daughter of Sir Charles Cayzer, first baronet, and sister of Countess Jellicoe; and they had two sons and four daughters. In February 1905 Captain H. B. Jackson was transferred to the Admiralty as third sea lord and controller. Jackson was the greatest scientific naval officer of his generation, and asked for Charles Madden, now a leading torpedo specialist, to be his naval assistant. It was the time of the great reforms of Sir John Fisher in fleet redistribution, dockyard administration, and shipbuilding policy, and Madden soon became one of his most trusted instruments in carrying them out. Jellicoe may refer to: John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859–1935), Royal Navy admiral. ... For John Arbuthnot Fisher, British admiral, see Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher. ...

In December 1904 he secured his appointment as a member of the epoch-making ships design committee which produced the Dreadnought and Invincible designs for battleships and armoured battle cruisers). A year later he made Madden his own naval assistant, a post which he held until August 1907. He eventually returned to sea as captain of the Dreadnought and as chief of staff to Sir Francis Bridgman, commander-in-chief of the Home Fleet. In December 1908 he was brought back to Whitehall, first as naval private secretary to Reginald McKenna until January 1910 and then as Fourth Sea Lord until December 1911. Dreadnought may refer to: Battleships were called Dreadnoughts, following the launch of the HMS Dreadnought in 1906. ... Whitehall, London, looking south towards the Houses of Parliament. ... The Fourth Sea Lord was one of the senior positions of the Royal Navy The post was the Chief of Naval Supplies, reponsible for supplying the navy. ...

Admiral and First Sea Lord

He became Rear Admiral in April 1911. He commanded the first division, Home Fleet during 1912, the 3rd cruiser squadron during 1913, and then the 2nd cruiser squadron until the eve of the outbreak of the First World War. When Admiral Sir John Jellicoe was appointed to take over the command of the Grand Fleet he asked for his wife's brother-in-law, Madden, who had been designated to rejoin the Board of Admiralty as third sea lord and controller, to accompany him as chief of staff. Madden was accordingly sent to the dreadnought Iron Duke, Jellicoe's flagship, on 4 August 1914 and remained until Jellicoe became First Sea Lord in November 1916, having been promoted acting Vice Admiral in June 1915 and confirmed in that rank immediately after the Battle of Jutland. The term Rear Admiral originated from the days of Naval Sailing Squadrons, and can trace its origins to the British Royal Navy. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellicoe Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (December 5, 1859- November 20, 1935) was a British Royal Navy admiral. ... Dreadnought may refer to: Battleships were called Dreadnoughts, following the launch of the HMS Dreadnought in 1906. ... The First Sea Lord is the professional head of the British Royal Navy. ... Vice Admiral is a naval rank of three star level, equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority. ... Combatants Royal Navy (Grand Fleet) Kaiserliche Marine (High Seas Fleet) Commanders Sir John Jellicoe, Sir David Beatty Reinhard Scheer, Franz von Hipper Strength 28 battleships, 9 battlecruisers, 8 heavy cruisers, 26 light cruisers, 78 destroyers 16 battleships, 5 battlecruisers, 6 pre-dreadnoughts, 11 light cruisers, 61 torpedo-boats Casualties 6...

On the change of chief command in 1916 Madden was appointed to the command of the 1st Battle Squadron, as second in command of the fleet, with the acting rank of Admiral (flag in the Marlborough and later in the Revenge), and retained it until April 1919, having been confirmed as admiral in February of that year. When Sir David Beatty hauled down his flag as commander-in-chief of the Grand Fleet and the war organization of the navy was broken up, Madden was appointed to the command of the newly constituted Atlantic Fleet (flag in the Queen Elizabeth) which he held from 1919 to 1922. Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. ... David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871-1936), born in County Wexford, Ireland, was an admiral in the Royal Navy. ...

In the autumn of 1919 Madden was created a baronet and granted £10,000 by a vote of parliament. He was at once appointed first and principal naval aide-de-camp to the king and was promoted Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy) in July 1924. He served in the 1920s as chairman of the committee on the functions and training of Royal Marines, and in 1925, under the chairmanship of Lord Chelmsford, on that for the list of executive officers of the navy. He then retired to Broadstone, Forest Row, Susse, until July 1927, when, on the recommendation of W. C. Bridgeman he was selected to succeed Lord Beatty as First Sea Lord. Royal Navy Insignia The flag of an Admiral of the Fleet is the Flag of the United Kingdom, and is in 1:2 rather than the 2:3 of other admirals flags. ... The Royal Marines (RM), are the Royal Navys elite fighting forces. ... Viscount Chelmsford is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... The First Sea Lord is the professional head of the British Royal Navy. ...

Honours and Last Years

Madden was awarded numerous honours and decorations. He was mentioned in dispatches for service at Suez in 1883, and was appointed CVO in 1907, KCB in January 1916, and KCMG for his services at Jutland. He received the rank of commander of the Légion d'honneur. The Russian order of St Anne, the military order of Savoy, and the Japanese grand cordon of the Rising Sun were conferred upon him in 1917. He was admitted to the rank of grand officer of the Légion d'honneur in 1918, and at the end of the war he was appointed GCB and given the Belgian order of Leopold, the French Croix de Guerre (bronze palms), and the Chinese order of the Striped Tiger. He was appointed GCVO in 1920 and a member of the Order of Merit in 1931. The honorary degree of LLD was conferred upon him by Cambridge University in 1919, and that of DCL by Oxford University in 1928. SUEZ (Euronext: SZE, NYSE: SZE) is a leading French-based multinational corporation, with operations primarily in water, electricity and natural gas supply, and waste management. ... Chiang Kai-sheks Légion dhonneur. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ...

He died at 29 Wimpole Street, St Marylebone, London, on 5 June 1935, and was succeeded as second baronet by his eldest son. He in turn became an Admiral in the Royal Navy and second-in-command of the Home Fleet under Admiral Cunningham. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Bronze bust of Lord Cunningham, looking at Nelsons column and Whitehall Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (7 January 1883 - 12 June 1963), familiarly known as ABC, was the most famous British admiral of World War II, winning distinction in Mediterranean battles in 1940 and 1941, then...

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