13 Facts About Charles Adam

Charles Adam later commanded the royal yacht, Royal Sovereign, and was the Member of Parliament for Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire.

Charles Adam held the office of First Naval Lord three times.

Charles Adam was the father of William Patrick Adam, a colonial administrator and Liberal politician.

Charles Adam served under his maternal uncle, Admiral Lord Keith, in the Mediterranean Fleet and during the capture of the Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch.

Charles Adam returned from the East Indies in 1802, and on 23 May 1803, was given command of the captured Chiffonne, which operated in the North Sea under Lord Keith until 1805.

Charles Adam commanded the fifth-rate Resistance from 27 August 1805 until 6 April 1810, and from 1811 until 1813, operated off the coast of Spain in command of the third-rate Invincible.

Charles Adam briefly commanded the second-rate Impregnable from 16 May 1814 to 29 June 1814, ending his active service.

Charles Adam briefly served as First Naval Lord in the Wellington caretaker ministry from 1 November 1834 to 23 December 1834.

Charles Adam was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 10 January 1835 and was again appointed First Naval Lord, this time in the Second Melbourne ministry, on 25 April 1835.

Charles Adam became Lord Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of Kinross on 1 April 1839.

Charles Adam was a friend of Lord Auckland and brother-in-law to Lord Minto, both of whom served as First Lord of the Admiralty during his time in office, fostering a close working relationship.

Charles Adam was on good terms with Lord Palmerston, the Foreign Secretary.

Charles Adam retired the next year, on 20 July 1847, to become Governor of Greenwich Hospital, and was promoted admiral on 8 January 1848.