Frederick Warden
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|name= Frederick Warden
|birth_date=18 November 1807
|death_date={{death-date and age|11 November 1869|11 November 1807}}
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|serviceyears= 1820–1869
|rank= Rear Admiral
|commands=HMS Retribution
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HMS Hibernia
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Channel Fleet
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Rear Admiral Frederick Warden CB (18 November 1807 – 11 November 1869) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron.
Naval career
Warden joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1820.[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=454 William Loney RN] He served off the coast of Syria during the Oriental Crisis in 1840. Promoted to captain in 1845, he was given command of HMS Retribution in 1850 and then HMS Ajax which was used as mobile maritime battery in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War.[http://www.medal-medaille.com/product_info.php?cPath=247&products_id=5727 Baltic Medal 1854-1855, attributed, H.M.S. Ajax] He later commanded HMS Hibernia and then HMS Redpole.
He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron in 1867 and Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown in December 1868. He arrived from Lisbon to take command at Queenstown aboard HMS Helicon, despatch vessel, on 28 December 1868.Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette (Saturday, 2 January 1869), p. 4. He died in office in Queenstown on 11 November 1869.Army and Navy Gazette (20 November 1869), p. 747.
He lived at Barham Lodge in Weybridge.[http://www.iln.org.uk/iln_years/year/1870.htm Wills and Bequests] Illustrated London News, 1870
See also
- {{cite wikisource |first=William Richard |last=O'Byrne |chapter=Warden, Frederick |title=A Naval Biographical Dictionary |year=1849 |publisher=John Murray}}
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