Sir Charles Ekins

(1768-1855)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ekins, Charles, Sir, 1768-1855 DNB: Ekins, Sir Charles (1768-1855), naval officer and naval historian LBT ID: ChEkins1855 VIAF ID: 61037506 LOC ID: nb98049777	B/BAP: 1768 DIED: 1855-07-02
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Son of Jeffery Ekins, dean of Carlisle; he was a naval commander during the Napoleonic wars and published Naval Battles of Great Britain from the Accession of the illustrious House of Hanover to the Battle of Navarin reviewed (1824).
REFERENCES TO Sir Charles Ekins: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter IV. Found 1: ¶ 38