A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Campbell, Charles James Fox
CAMPBELL. (Lieutenant, 1832.)
Charles James Fox Campbell entered the Navy, 3 June, 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Naiad frigate; became Midshipman, in 1826, of the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington on the Mediterranean station, where, on being lent to the Rose 18, Capt. Lewis Davies, he was present at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827; passed his examination in June, 1829; and obtained his commission 31 March, 1832. He was afterwards appmnted – 17 Dec. 1832, to the Comus 18, Capt. Wm. Price Hamilton, while on the books of which vessel he commanded the Skipjack and Kangaroo schooners in the West Indies – 23 Jan. 1834, to the Serpent 16, Capt. Evan Nepean, on the same station – 28 March and 13 July, 1836, to the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, and Fly 18, Capt. Russell Elliott, both fitting at Plymouth – 8 Oct. 1836, to the Howe 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore – and, 27 Oct. 1840, to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, fitting at Plymouth for the Mediterranean, whence he returned home and was paid off early in 1843. Lieut. Campbell, since 6 March, 1846, has been employed in the Coast Guard.