Naval officer and politician. Born St James's Square. Joined the Navy aged 13 (this was not uncommon) and served in the French Revolutionary Wars. Charles had 7 elder brothers so the chances of him inheriting his father's titles were slim but he lucked out, and inherited on the death of his eldest brother, Charles, the 2nd Earl in 1832. Died, an admiral, at home in Piccadilly. Grandfather of the 5th Earl.
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George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan
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Christ Church School - Cadogan
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H. W. Mudd
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB
Naval officer. Born Aberdeenshire. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1853 until his death. 75 years in the navy, he was possibly the model for C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower.
1 memorial
Lieutenant Frank Robson Best
Lieutenant in the 1/4th (Territorial) Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action, aged 21. He is buried in plot B. 72 at the Authuile Military cemetery on the Somme. Frank ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
1 memorial
Second Lieutenant Norman Arthur Henry Somerset
Norman Arthur Henry Somerset was born on 8 September 1894 in Kensington, the elder of the two children of Captain, The Honourable, Arthur Charles Edward Somerset (1860-1948) and Louisa Eliza Grant ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial