Charles de Bartolomé
Sir Charles de Bartolomé | |
|---|---|
 Sir Charles de Bartolomé | |
| Born | 26 November 1871 |
| Died | 27 May 1941 (aged 69) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  Royal Navy |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | HMS Dreadnought |
| Battles / wars | World War I |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir Charles Martin de Bartolomé KCMG CB (26 November 1871 – 27 May 1941) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy.
Naval career
Born the son of a Castilian physician,[1] De Bartolomé joined the Royal Navy in 1885.[2] He was posted as a Lieutenant on the staff of HMS Excellent, shore establishment at Portsmouth, on 1 February 1900.[3] Promoted to Captain in 1905,[4] he was given command of HMS Dreadnought.[5] He served in World War I and was appointed Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord in 1912 and Naval Secretary in 1914.[6] He became Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1918 in which year he also became Aide-de-Camp to the King; he retired in 1919 and then became Director General of Development at the Ministry of Transport.[2]
Family
In 1918 he married Gladys Constance Wilson.[4] Their second son, Stephen Martin de Bartolomé, married Helen Elisabeth Dawn, daughter of Brigadier-General Alfred Ernest Irvine, of Under-the-Hill House, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.[7]
References
- ^ University of Sheffield
- ^ a b Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36045. London. 22 January 1900. p. 6. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ a b Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945
- ^ Navy List 1908
- ^ Senior Royal Navy Appointments Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Burke's Landed Gentry, 1952, pg 1357, 'Irvine of Under-the-Hill House' pedigree