1. Admiral Sir Charles Edmund Kingsmill, was a Canadian-born naval officer and the first director of the Department of the Naval Service of Canada.
12 Facts About Charles Kingsmill
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Charles Kingsmill was the son of John Juchereau Kingsmill, Crown Attorney for Wellington County, and Ellen Diana Grange.
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Charles Kingsmill was educated at Upper Canada College in Toronto.
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In 1870, at age 14, Charles Kingsmill joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman.
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Charles Kingsmill was promoted sub-lieutenant in 1875, lieutenant in 1877, commander in 1891, and captain in 1898.
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Charles Kingsmill was given command of the battleship Dominion after her launching in 1905.
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In 1908, Charles Kingsmill retired from the Royal Navy and returned to Canada.
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Charles Kingsmill was appointed honorary aide-de-camp to His Excellency the Governor-General in 1909.
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Charles Kingsmill was promoted to admiral on the Royal Navy's retired list in 1917.
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Charles Kingsmill maintained a summer home on Grindstone Island, in Big Rideau Lake, near Portland, Ontario, where he loved to sail.
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Charles Kingsmill is buried in the Anglican cemetery in Portland, where an Ontario Heritage Trust plaque commemorates his contribution to Canadian naval history.
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Charles Kingsmill was active in various causes, including as a supporter of birth control.