Royal Naval Biography/Basden, Charles

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2400700Royal Naval Biography — Basden, CharlesJohn Marshall


CHARLES BASDEN, Esq.
[Commander.]

Passed his examination at Portsmouth, in July 1810; and subsequently commanded a mortar-vessel attached to the Cadiz flotilla[1]. He was made lieutenant into the Tremendous 74, Captain Robert Campbell, May 2d, 1811; and continued to serve under that officer until the end of the war in 1815. He obtained his present rank on the 17th Feb. 1829; and was appointed inspecting commander of the coast guard at Carne, Ireland, Mar. 18th, 1834.

This officer married a niece to the late Sir Manasch-Masseh Lopes, Bart., who left her a handsome legacy.