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Bartolomé, Charles Martin de, 1871 - 1946

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1871 - 1946

Biography

Admiral Sir Charles Martin de Bartolomé KCMG CB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy. The son of Dr Mariano Alejo Martin de Bartolomé, he joined the Royal Navy in 1885. He was posted as a Lieutenant on the staff of HMS Excellent, shore establishment at Portsmouth, on 1 February 1900. Promoted to Captain in 1905, he was given command of HMS Dreadnought. He served in World War I and was appointed Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord in 1912 and Naval Secretary in 1914. He became Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1918 in which year he also became Aide-de-Camp to the King; he retired in 1919 and then became Director General of Development at the Ministry of Transport. In 1918 he married Gladys Constance Wilson. Their son, Stephen Martin de Bartolomé, married Helen Elisabeth Dawn, daughter of Brigadier-General Alfred Ernest Irvine, of Under-the-Hill House, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Bartolomé Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 174
Scope and Contents The collection consists of documents relating to the history of the de Bartolomé family, which has a close connection with Sheffield and its University through two of its members, Dr Mariano Alejo Martin de Bartolomé (1813-1890) and Dr Stephen Martin de Bartolomé (1919-2001). It also includes a scrapbook dating from the earlier period, formerly in the possession of Dr Mariano Martin de Bartolomé’s family, and two 19th-century printed books on Spanish subjects. Mariano’s grandson, Dr Stephen...
Dates: 1832 - 1984
Found in: Special Collections and Archives

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