Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet

John Thomas), Ogle was educated at Hyde Abbey School in Winchester before joining the Royal Navy in 1787.

[3] Ogle succeeded to his father's title and estates in August 1816 and commissioned Sir Robert Smirke to demolish the west wing of Worthy Park House and replace it with a new building, built in the Georgian style.

[4] Promoted to rear-admiral on 12 August 1819,[5] Ogle became Commander-in-Chief, North American Station, with his flag in the fifth-rate HMS Hussar, in April 1827.

[8] Promoted to full admiral on 23 November 1841,[9] Ogle became Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, with his flag in the first-rate HMS St Vincent, in 1845.

[3] He was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 8 November 1857,[10] died at Tunbridge Wells on 16 June 1858 and was buried at the churchyard of St Mary's Church at Ponteland in Northumberland (not far from Kirkley Hall, the ancestral home of the Ogle family).

[1] In 1834, following the death of his second wife, he married Mary Anne, the daughter of George Cary of Torre Abbey, Devon and widow of Sir John Hayford Thorold, 10th Baronet of Syston Park.

The capture of Fort Louis, Martinique: Ogle led a boarding party during this operation
The first-rate HMS St Vincent , Ogle's flagship as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. Painted by Charles Dixon
Worthy Park House : Ogle commissioned a major re-modelling of the house
Belgrave Square in London : Ogle lived at No. 4