Charles Wale

Sir Charles Wale KCB (16 August 1765 – 20 March 1845) was an English General and the last British governor of Martinique between about 1812 and 1815.

[1] On 25 February 1831 he was appointed Colonel of the 33rd Regiment of Foot[2] and was given the governorship in recognition of his role in the capture of Guadeloupe from the French in 1810.

Charles's older sister Mary married a Thomas Pemberton of Trinity College, Cambridge.

[5][6][7] Following the death of his first wife he returned to full pay on 6 August 1799 as a captain in the 20th Foot, and served with that regiment in the expedition to the Helder (the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland) in the autumn.

He entered the army in 1779 and served at the siege and bombardment of Gibraltar by the French and Spaniards in 1801-1802-1803 and subsequently in Holland, Ireland & India.

In February 1810 at the head of his brigade the Royal York Rangers he decided the capture of the island of Guadeloupe from the French by carrying in person the almost inaccessible heights of Matauba for which service in which he was severely wounded he received a medal and was made governor of Martinique till the peace 1814 when for his services during the war he was made Knight Commander of the Bath.

True to the device and motto of his ancestors he displayed in bold relief the courage and energy of a Christian whose only shield and hope is salvation by the cross.

Johnson BD Prebendary of Lincoln and had issue Isabella Martha married in 1834 to Sherlock Willis Esq The above named Isabella Wale died at Barbados 1810, Thirdly – in 1815 to Henrietta daughter & coheiress of Revd Tho: Brent by whom he had issue six sons Cha.