IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 OGL/1-6
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Ogle, Admiral Of The Fleet Sir Chaloner ([1681]-1750)
Date(s): 1716-1744
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent:
Name of creator(s): Ogle | Sir | Chaloner | 1681?-1750 | Knight | Admiral Of The Fleet
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Ogle entered the Navy in 1697. He became a lieutenant in 1702 and a commander in 1703. He was posted in 1708 and served for the remainder of the war, mostly in the Mediterranean. He commanded the PLYMOUTH in the Baltic in 1716 and the WORCESTER in 1717. After service on the coast of Africa, for which he was knighted, in the Mediterranean and in the West Indies, he was promoted to rear-admiral in 1739. In 1740 he was sent out to join Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon with reinforcements and took part in the attack on Cartagena 1741. He took over the command when Vernon left in 1742 and returned to England in 1745, having been promoted to vice-admiral in 1743 and admiral in 1744.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Sir Chaloner Ogle, consisting of commissions 1716 to 1744; a line of battle 1717; some orders received from Vernon 1740; secret instructions 1740; a summons; and letters received.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Please contact the Archive for further information.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Please contact the Archive for further information.
Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were bought from Mrs K Simpson in 1964.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Sep 2011.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26