“Save The Commodore” is a group of like minded people who care about Pembroke Dock, its heritage and its people.


“The Commodore” was the former Captain Superintendent’s Residence within the Royal Dockyard, Pembroke. Lately, this once prestigious building has fallen on bad times. “The Commodore Trust” has the aim of securing a positive future for the place as a community resource and transforming it into an asset for the people of the Pembroke Dock. Something they can be proud of.


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The Commodore

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Updated: 16 July 2018

Registered Charity Number 1178576.

Name:

Sir. Charles Bullen, C.B.,1815 K.C.H., Kt, 1835., K.C.B 1839 R.N.

Rank:

Captain

In Office

1832 - 1837

Notes

B. 10 Sept 1769 Newcastle– D. 2 Jul 1853.  Spent much of his early childhood in Weymouth, Dorset. His father, John Bullen, also served in the Navy and was the Surgeon General on the North American Station between 1779-1781. Charles' mother, Ruth (née Liddel), cousin of Lord Eldon, s Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, between 1801-1806 and again between 1807-1827. Richard Bullen, Charles younger brother by 10 years, became a captain in the Scots Greys, dragoons.  Charles entered the navy when he was just ten years old as a volunteer (1st class) aboard the 64 gun, third rate, “HMS Europe”. Fought as a boy in American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary War, involving in the Nore Munity, Battle of Trafalgar, Mediterranean service.  July 1830, he was given the job of commissioner for Chatham Dockyard, then 1832 Pembroke Dockyard.

09 Aug  1791 – Lieutenant.

02 Jan 1798 – Commander.

29 Apr 1802 – Captain.

21 Oct 1805 - Order of the Bath - Battle of Trafalgar.

10 Jan 1837 - Rear Admiral.

09 Nov 1846 Vice Admiral.

30 Jul 1852. Admiral.   

Vice-Admiral Charles Bullen (1769-1853)


Oil on canvas 91.5 x 71 cm signed: A. Grant 1849.


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