Admiral Sir Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell, KCB FRS (31 January 1814 – 1 March 1886) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station.

[2] In 1850 he became Commander in HMS Sphinx and took part in the Second Anglo-Burmese War.

[1] Promoted Captain in 1853, he commanded HMS Highflyer from 1856 and took part in the capture of Canton and the Battle of Taku Forts during the Second Opium War.

[1] He was appointed Captain-Superintendent of Gosport victualling-yard in 1864 and Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1871.

[2] In 1878 he was made President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.