A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Burnet, Charles
BURNET. (Commander, 1832.)
Charles Burnet entered the Navy, 20 Sept. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ulysses 44, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, employed on the Jersey and Guernsey stations; removed, as Midshipman, 29 June, 1812, to the Cornwall 74, Capt. John Broughton, in the Channel; served, from Feb. 1813, until Aug. 1814, in the Duncan 74 and Royal Sovereign 100, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Lambert, in the Mediterranean; then joined the Norge 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, in which ship he attended the expedition to New Orleans in 1814-15; became attached, in March, 1816, to the Ramillies 74, Capt. Thos. Boys, on the Leith station; and, after a further servitude of nearly three years, the greater part of the time as Master’s Mate, in the Vigo 74, bearing the flag of his former Captain, Rear-Admiral Robt. Lambert, and employed for the secure detention of Napoleon Buonaparte at St. Helena, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Brazen sloop, Capt. Shepheard. He obtained his first commission 9 Nov. 1821, and was subsequently appointed to the Spartiate 76, Capt. Fred. Warren, off Lisbon, and, 23 March, 1827, to the Ocean 80, Capt. Patrick Campbell, guardship at Plymouth. He has not been afloat since 1828. His promotion to the rank of Commander took place 4 Dec. 1832.