A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rooke, Charles Thomas
ROOKE. (Commander, 1841.)
Charles Thomas Rooke entered the Navy, 11 April, 1821; and obtained his first commission 10 May, 1827. His succeeding appointments were – 26 June, 1827, and 20 Nov. 1830, to the Isis 50 and Belvidera 42, Capts. Sir Thos. Staines and Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, both in the Mediterranean – and 11 Feb. 1833, to the Victory 104, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Williams at Portsmouth, where he remained until superseded in the spring of 1835. He does not appear to have been since employed. His promotion to the rank of Commander took place 23 Nov. 1841.