Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet was a British naval officer, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Jamaica from 1752 to 1756. Serving in the Royal Navy during th
Portrait by Thomas Hudson, c. 1748
Portrait of Knowles as governor of Louisbourg
The Battle of Havana, at which Knowles won a partial victory
Knowles' first son Edward
Sir Charles Henry Knowles, 2nd Baronet, GCB was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually risi
Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet
…1750 for the second time, Maria Magdalena Therese de Bouget (1733–1796), the daughter of Henri Francois, Compte de Bouget. The couple produced one son, Charles Knowles, and two daughters, one of whom, Anna Charlotte Christiana Knowles (1752–1839) m 1781 Captain John Winder of the Kings Dragoon Guards. He translated…
Portrait of Knowles
The Glorious First of June. Knowles claimed that Howe's tactics reflected his own theories on effective naval combat.
Battle of Grenada, by Jean-François Hue. Knowles was slightly wounded during the battle.
Miniature portrait of Knowles