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Sir Charles Martin de Bartolomé, (26 November 1871 – 27 May 1941) was a

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officer who served as

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from 1918 to 1919.

Naval career

Born the son of a Castilian

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, De Bartolomé joined the

in 1885. He was posted as a

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on the staff of , shore establishment at

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, on 1 February 1900. He was promoted to

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on 31 December 1902. Promoted to

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in 1905, he was given command of . He served in the

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and was appointed Naval Assistant to the

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in 1912 and

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in 1914. He became

in 1918 in which year he also became Aide-de-Camp to the King; he retired in 1919 and then became Director General of Development at the

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Family

In 1918 de Bartolomé married Gladys Constance Wilson. Their second son, Stephen Martin de Bartolomé, married Helen Elisabeth Dawn, daughter of Brigadier General Alfred Ernest Irvine, of Under-the-Hill House,

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.Burke's Landed Gentry, 1952, p. 1357, 'Irvine of Under-the-Hill House' pedigree

References

External links

The Dreadnought Project – Charles de Bartolomé
, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Debartolome, Charles 1871 births 1941 deaths Companions of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Lords of the Admiralty Royal Navy admirals Royal Navy officers of World War I