Charles de Bartolomé

Admiral Sir Charles Martin de Bartolomé KCMG CB (26 November 1871 - 27 May 1941) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy.

Naval career
Born the son of a Castilian physician, De Bartolomé joined the Royal Navy in 1885. 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.

Family
In 1918 he married Gladys Constance Wilson.