A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Warren, Charles Gayton
WARREN. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 20; h-p., 38.)
Charles Gayton Warren is son of the late Thos. Warren, Esq., M.D., R.N.; brother of Lieut. Jas. Ferris Warren, R.N.; and brother-in-law of the late Commander Wm. Rich. Bamber, R.N. (See Note, p. 43.)
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1789, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Bellona 74, Capt. Fras. John Hartwell, lying at Portsmouth. In 1790 he joined the Edgar and Bedford 74’s, Capts. Anthony Jas. Pye Molloy and Sir Andrew Snape Hamond; and on his return from a voyage in the Scorpion sloop, Capt. Solomon Ferris, to the coast of Africa and the West Indies, he removed, in Sept. 1793, to the Vanguard 74, Capt. John Stanhope. He was next, from Feb. 1794 until Nov. 1799, employed in the Mediterranean, North Sea, and Baltic, again under Capt. Ferris, in the Inflexible 64, as Ordinary, Midshipman, and Lieutenant (commission dated 10 July, 1797). His subsequent appointments were – 20 March, 1800, to the Resolution 74, Capt. Alan Hyde Gardner, in the Channel – next, to the Ruby 64 and Hannibal 74, both commanded (the former in the North Sea) by Capt. Ferris – 10 Sept. 1801, for eight months, to the Barfleur 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Collingwood in the Channel – 10 Feb. 1803, to the Penelope 36, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, in the North Sea – 8 Oct. following, to the Sea Fencible service at Hartlepool – 14 July, 1804, to the command of a Signal station on the coast of Durham – 29 Aug. 1805, to the Helder guard-ship in the river Humber, Capt. Benj. Wallcer – 2 June, 1806, to the Courageux 74, Capt. Jas. Bisset, employed on the coast of America and off Cadiz – 19 Aug. 1808, after three months of half-pay, again to the Sea Fencibles, on the coast of Sussex, where he remained until the corps was disbanded in Feb. 1810 – and 23 Oct. 1812, to the Impress at Lynn. He was on board the Hannibal when that ship, having grounded under the enemy’s batteries, was compelled, after a long and deadly resistance, inflictive on her of a loss of 81 men killed and 62 wounded, to strike her colours, in the action of Algeciras 6 July, 1801. He left the Impress service in April, 1814; and was placed on the Junior List of Retired Commanders 26 Nov. 1830; and on the Senior 22 April, 1840.
Commander Warren has a son, Charles Bamber, a Lieutenant R.N.