A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gordon, Charles (a)
GORDON, C.B. (Rear-Admiral, of the Blue, 1841. f-p., 19; h-p., 36.)
Charles Gordon (a) is younger brother of Rear-Admiral Henry Gordon.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 19 Dec. 1792; and embarked in June, 1796, as Midshipman, on board the Caesar 80, Capt. Chas. Edm. Nugent, stationed in the Channel. In June, 1799, after having further served on the Baltic and East India stations, in the Impétueux 74, Capt. John Willet Payne, Virginie frigate, Capt. Anthony Hunt, and Suffolk 74, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Peter Rainier, he was appointed Acting-Third-Lieutenant of La Forte 44, Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman; in which ship he was wrecked, in Jedda Harbour, on the Red Sea, in June, 1801. Being confirmed a Lieutenant, 11 March, 1802, in the Diamond frigate, Capt. Edw. Griffith, Mr. Gordon was next, until the receipt of