Adolphus Slade

Sir Adolphus Slade C.B. (1804–13 Nov 1877) was a British Admiral who became Admiral of the Fleet in the Navy of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

He was the fifth son of General Sir John Slade.

Career

 * 1815 Entered Navy
 * 1827 Lieutenant
 * 1841 Commander
 * 1849 Captain
 * 1849-66 Admiral in the Turkish navy, with the title of Mushaver (consulting) Pasha. This included the Crimean War In 1854 his flagship was a 72-gun frigate
 * 1858 KCB
 * 1866 Rear-Admiral
 * 1867 Retired Rear-Admiral
 * 1873 Retired Vice-Admiral

Books
Slade, who has been described as "one of the best nineteenth-century writers on the Middle East" wrote a number of books:


 * Records of travels in Turkey, Greece, &c. and of a Cruise in the Black Sea, with the Capitan Pasha, in the years 1829,1830, and 1831 (1833)
 * Turkey, Greece and Malta (1837)
 * The sultan and Mehemet Ali; or, The present crisis in Turkey. (1839)
 * Travels in Germany and Russia: including a steam voyage by the Danube and the Euxine from Vienna to Constantinople, in 1838-39 (1840)
 * A Few Words on Naval Construction and Naval promotion. (1846)
 * Maritime States and Military Navies (1859)
 * Turkey and the Crimean War: a narrative of historical events (1867)
 * An Historical Catechism of the Church of England, from the Apostles’ times to the mission of St. Augustine. Compiled chiefly for the young (1883).