Vice Admiral Charles Fellowes CB (19 October 1823 – 8 March 1886) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet.
[1] He fought in the Second Opium War, and as Commander of HMS Cruizer, is credited with having been the first person to climb the walls of Canton in 1856 before any other officer or man of the Naval Brigade.
[2] The flag he seized was presented to Greenwich Hospital by Queen Victoria in 1859.
[1] He was appointed Captain Superintendent of Chatham dockyard in 1874, Admiral Superintendent of Chatham dockyard in 1876 and Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet in 1885,[1] serving on HMS Minotaur.
[1] Their eldest son was Rev John Charles Fellowes MA (1860–1927).