Charles Weston (1639-1665), 3rd Duke Of Portland, By English School Of The 17th Century
Charles Weston may refer to: * Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland (1639–1665) * Charles Weston (horticulturalist) (1866–1935), active in Eastern states of Australia * Charles Weston (Royal Navy officer) Rear Admiral Charles Arthur Winfield Weston Order of the Bath, CB (12 July 1922 – January 1998) was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Naval career Educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, Northwo ...

Charles Weston, 3rd Earl Of Portland
Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland (19 May 1639 – 3 June 1665), was the only son and heir of the 2nd Earl of Portland and Lady Frances Stuart. The only son of Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, Weston was christened at St Margaret's, Westminster, on 19 May 1639. He succeeded his father as Earl of Portland in 1663. In May 1665 he went as a volunteer with the Duke of York when he took command of the English fleet to fight the Dutch. Weston was at sea on the ''Royal James'', when he was killed by a cannon shot in the Battle of Lowestoft, having made a will a few days before, on 29 May 1665.R. E. C. Waters, ''Genealogical memoirs of the extinct family of Chester of Chicheley'' (1878), p. 105 Since he never married, his title and entailed property passed to his uncle, Thomas Weston. References * :s:Weston, Jerome (DNB00) {{DEFAULTSORT:Portland, Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of ...
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Charles Weston (horticulturalist)
Charles Weston , born Thomas Charles George Weston (14 October 1866 – 1 December 1935) was an Australian horticulturist and was responsible for the afforestation of Canberra. Weston was born in Middlesex, England. He trained as a horticulturist in the United Kingdom and migrated to New South Wales in 1896. He was employed as a gardener at Admiralty House in Sydney from 1898 to 1908 and as the superintendent at Federal Government House, Sydney until 1912. He managed the State Nursery, at Campbelltown between 1912 and 1913, and was appointed officer-in-charge of afforestation, Canberra in that year. He held that position until 1926. In Canberra, in collaboration with the city's designer Walter Burley Griffin, he carried out extensive scientific breeding trials to increase the number of species that might grow in Canberra. He also established the first plantation forest on Mount Stromlo. Nearly 1.2 million trees were put in between 1921 and 1924. Weston Park, a large park in C ...
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