Charles Hadden
Sir Charles Hadden | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1854 |
| Died | 1924 (aged 69 or 70) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Major-General Sir Charles Frederick Hadden KCB (1854–1924) was a British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance.
Military career
Hadden was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1873.[1] He was appointed Chief Inspector at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich in 1893 and then became a Member of the Ordnance Committee and an Associate Member of Explosives Committee in 1901.[1]
He was made Commandant of the Ordnance College and Director of Artillery in 1904 before moving on to be Master-General of the Ordnance in 1907.[1] In that capacity he was a member of a special committee set up by Prime Minister H. H. Asquith to exploit aerial construction in 1909.[2] He was appointed President of Ordnance Board and Royal Artillery Committee in 1913.[1]
He lived at Rossway near Berkhamsted.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ Great Britain wakes up Flight International, 8 May 1909
- ^ "Parishes: Northchurch or Berkhampstead St Mary, A History of the County of Hertford: volume 2". 1908. p. 245-250. Retrieved 18 October 2014.