Lord Barham

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Lord Barham was a British naval commander and statesman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, noted for his leadership and administrative reforms in the Royal Navy.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
British naval officer
British politician
First Lord of the Admiralty
Royal Navy admiral
human
allegiance Great Britain
United Kingdom
birthDate 1726-10-14
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
deathDate 1813-06-17
employer British government
Royal Navy
era 18th century
19th century
familyName Middleton
fieldOfWork naval administration
naval warfare
givenName Charles
languageSpoken English
memberOf House of Commons of Great Britain
House of Lords of the United Kingdom
militaryBranch Royal Navy
militaryConflict American War of Independence
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Seven Years' War
name Charles Middleton
nobleTitle Baron Barham
notableFor leadership in late 18th and early 19th century Royal Navy
naval administration during the Napoleonic Wars
reforms improving efficiency of the Royal Navy
strategic direction of the fleet before the Battle of Trafalgar
notableWork administrative reforms of the Royal Navy
occupation administrator
naval commander
statesman
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
positionHeld First Lord of the Admiralty
Lord of the Admiralty
Member of Parliament
rank Admiral
Admiral of the Blue
residence United Kingdom
sexOrGender male
title 1st Baron Barham

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
First Lord of the Admiralty
officeHeldBy

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