Charles Wager, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Wager

Royal Navy admiral

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1666

Place of Birth: Rochester, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 24-May-1743

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Admiral Sir Charles Wager (24 February 1666 – 24 May 1743) was First Lord of the Admiralty between 1733 and 1742.
Despite heroic active service and steadfast administration and diplomatic service, Wager can be criticized for his failure to deal with an acute manning problem.
However, in reality the Royal Navy's numerical preponderance over other navies was greater than at any other time in the century, and its dockyard facilities, overseas bases (Wager was much involved in the development of new bases in the Caribbean), victualling organization, and central co-ordination were by far the most elaborate and advanced.
Although British warship design was inferior to French in some respects, the real problem was an insufficiency of the versatile and seaworthy 60-gun ships, a class that Wager's Admiralty had chosen to augment during the 1730s but, as wartime experience would show, not aggressively enough.

Thomas Gibson (1680–1751)
Description	English portrait painter
Date of birth/death	c.1680	1751
Location of birth/death	London	London
Work period	c.1700-1751
Work location	London
Authority control	: Q1030149 VIAF: 45736453 ISNI: 0000 0000 8207 0651 ULAN: 500019928 LCCN: n85144366 WGA: GIBSON, Thomas WorldCat