A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Caldecot, Charles
CALDECOT. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 14; h-p., 25.)
Charles Caldecot is second son of the late Thos. Caldecot, Esq., of Hollow Lodge, co. Lincoln.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 July, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and John Halliday, under the former of whom he attended the expedition to the Walcheren in Aug. 1809, and, under the latter, aided, as Midshipman, in gallantly driving back to the Road of Toulon the three French frigates Pomone, Pénélope, and Adrienne, when in pursuit of the British 18-gun brig-sloop Philomel, 30 Aug. 1810. He removed with Capt. Halliday, in Feb. 1811, to the Montagu 74; served afterwards, for short periods, in the Namur 74, flag-ship, at the Nore, of Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, and Egmont 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham; then, in June, 1811, rejoined his former Captain, Rear-Admiral Legge, in the Revenge 74, employed at the siege of Cadiz; and, in Nov. 1812, became attached to the Iphigenia 36, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew; on subsequently accompanying whom into the Resistance 38, we find him serving with the boats of a squadron at the storming, 5 Oct. 1813, of the batteries of D’Anzo, in the Mediterranean, and capture of a convoy of 29 vessels anchored for protection under the walls. Mr. Caldecot was next employed for twelve months in the Badger of 10 guns, and on 23 Dec. 1814, within a month of passing his examination, was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent appointments appear to have been – 13 May, 1815, to the Falmouth 20, Capts. Geo. Wm. Henry Knight, Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing, and Geo. Fred. Rich, from which ship, after an intermediate servitude on the St. Helena and Irish stations, he was paid off, 26 March, 1819 – and, 13 March, 1824, as First-Lieutenant, to the Cyréne 20, Capts. Percy Grace and Alex. Campbell. In command of the boats of the latter vessel he was for several weeks occupied in hostile operations against the pirates in the Straits of Malacca. He exchanged, in March, 1827, into the Boadicea 46, Capt. John Wilson; but since the following July, when he was paid off, has not been afloat.
Lieut. Caldecot married, 27 Nov. 1827, Mary, only daughter of the late Rev. Peter Williams, by whom he has issue.