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Admiral Sir Charles Adam FRSE KCB (6 October 1780 – 19 September 1853) was a British naval commander and Lord of the Admiralty who served during the Napoleonic Wars. He later commanded the royal yacht, Royal Sovereign, and was the Member of Parliament for Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire. He held the office of First Naval Lord three times. In that capacity he dealt ably with the economies of a peacetime budget, provided naval support for the expulsion of Muhammad Ali's forces from Syria in 1840 and ensured technological progress continued. He was also the father of William Patrick Adam, a colonial administrator and Liberal politician.

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  • Charles Adam (en)
  • Charles Adam (cs)
  • Charles Adam (amiral) (fr)
  • Адам, Чарльз (ru)
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  • Sir Charles Adam (6. října 1780, Blairadam House, Skotsko – 19. září 1853, Greenwich, Anglie) byl britský admirál. V královském námořnictvu sloužil od dětství, vyznamenal se v napoleonských válkách. Později zastával celkem třikrát funkci prvního námořmího lorda a v roce 1848 dosáhl hodnosti admirála. (cs)
  • Admiral Sir Charles Adam FRSE KCB (6 October 1780 – 19 September 1853) was a British naval commander and Lord of the Admiralty who served during the Napoleonic Wars. He later commanded the royal yacht, Royal Sovereign, and was the Member of Parliament for Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire. He held the office of First Naval Lord three times. In that capacity he dealt ably with the economies of a peacetime budget, provided naval support for the expulsion of Muhammad Ali's forces from Syria in 1840 and ensured technological progress continued. He was also the father of William Patrick Adam, a colonial administrator and Liberal politician. (en)
  • Charles Adam, né le 6 octobre 1780 et mort le 19 septembre 1853 à Greenwich, est un amiral britannique qui s'illustre durant les guerres napoléoniennes. (fr)
  • Чарльз Адам (англ. Sir Charles Adam, 6 октября 1780 — 19 сентября 1853, Гринвич) — британский адмирал, первый морской лорд. Чарльз Адам родился в семье Уильяма Адама (англ. William Adam) из БлэйрЭдема и его супруги Элеоноры, дочери Чарльза Эльфинстона, 10-го лорда Эльфинстона (англ. Charles Elphinstoun, 10-th Lord Elphinstoun). 12 июня 1799 года Чарльз Адам был произведен в чин капитана и назначен командиром 44-пушечного фрегата HMS Sybille. В 1811—1813 годах Адам командовал 74-пушечным кораблем HMS Invincible и 98-пушечным HMS Impregnable у берегов Испании. (ru)
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  • Sir Charles Adam (en)
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  • Sir Charles Adam (en)
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  • Greenwich, London (en)
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