Sir Charles Knowles, 2nd Baronet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sir Charles Knowles, 2nd Baronet

Officer of the British Royal Navy

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1754

Place of Birth: Kingston, Surrey County, Jamaica

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1831

Profession: non-fiction writer

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sir Charles Henry Knowles, 2nd Baronet, GCB (24 August 1754 – 28 November 1831) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral.
He was an extraordinary figure and a great tactical innovator.
Highly intellectual, he authored a number of signal books and had the chance to put his ideas into practice during his naval career.
Knowles was at times beset by problems with discipline aboard his ships, often due to large proportions of raw recruits and untrained seamen.
This may have been a factor in his rocky relationship with his superior, Sir John Jervis, which eventually led to Knowles's retirement from active service after the Battle of Cape St Vincent, and his concentration on scholarly studies of the issues affecting the naval service.