Charles Wager RN (1666 - 1743)

Born 28 Oct 1666 in Bermondsey, Surrey, England

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Charles Wager RN is Notable.

Charles was born at Bermondsey in Surrey on the 28th of October 1666. He was the son of Charles Wager and Prudence Goodson.^[1]

Charles was apprenticed to a Quaker merchant captain, John Hull of Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[2] In 1689 he was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy.^[2]

Charles had a successful naval career, becoming a rear-Admiral in 1707.^[2] He was knighted on the 8th of December 1709 for his services in taking the galleons in the West Indies. ^[3]

Charles was Member of Parliament five times, representing:

• Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1710-1711^[4]
• West Looe, Cornwall in 1713-1715^[4]
• Portsmouth from 1715 to 1734^[4]
• Westminster from 1734 to 1741^[4]
• West Looe, Cornwall from 1741 to his death^[4]

In 1733 Charles was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty.^[2] In December 1742 he was made Treasurer of the Navy.^[2]

On the 8th of December 1691 Charles married Martha Earning (1664-1748), daughter of Anthony Earning, who was a naval captain under the Commonwealth. They had no children.^[2] He passed away in 1743.

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Births 1578-1841, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Ratcliff and Barking: Births, RG6/675, FindMyPast and accompanying image
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry for 'Wager, Sir Charles (1666–1743)', print and online 2004, revised online 2008
3. ↑ The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland by Shaw, William Arthur, 1865-1943; Burtchaell, George Dames, 1853-1921 Page 277
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} History of Parliament Online, entry for "WAGER, Sir Charles (c.1666-1743), of Kilmenath, nr. West Looe, Cornw. and Parson's Green, London"

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry for 'Wager, Sir Charles (1666–1743)', print and online 2004, revised online 2008 (subscription required)

• Wikipedia: Charles Wager