Biographical memoirs of Admiral Sir Charles Knowles 1st Baronet 1700-1777 : with memoir of his son, Admiral Sir Charles Henry Knowles Bt, KGCB

This item was prepared for the 250th celebrations of the 1747 Siege of Fort at No. 4, subsequently named Charlestown. It consists of items relating to Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet taken from: the Naval Chronicles of 1799; the Mariners' Mirror (Russia 1771-1774); the Saturday Review of Jamaica 1928; the Pepperell Papers; and the Dictionary of National Biography of 1895. There is also a memoir of his son, Admiral Sir Charles Henry Knowles, 2nd Baronet, taken from Ralfe's Naval Biography of 1828 and the Dictionary of National Biography of 1895.