Sir Charles Adam

(1780-1853)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Adam Sir Charles (1780-1853) Knight Admiral DNB: Adam, Sir Charles (1780–1853), naval officer LBT ID: ChAdam1853	B/BAP: 1780-10-06 DIED: 1853-09-16
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com
The second son of William Adam (1751–1839), of Blair-Adam; he was an MP and a naval captain in the Napoleonic wars and first naval lord (1834-41).
REFERENCES TO Sir Charles Adam: Sir Walter Scott to Jane Scott, 20 March 1825 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 5 John Whishaw to Charles and Henry Romilly, June 1833 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 3: ¶ 2 ¶ 5 ¶ n1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter II 1820-21 Found 2: ¶ 5 ¶ 6 Chapter I 1825 Chapter VII 1826 Found 1: ¶ 30 Chapter I 1826-27 Found 2: ¶ 8 ¶ 15 Chapter VI 1830 Found 1: ¶ 6 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter XII: 1833-35 Found 1: ¶ n1