Charles Talbot (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir Charles Talbot  KCB (1 November 1801 – 8 August 1876) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.

Naval career
Talbot joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1815. Promoted to Captain in 1830, he commanded HMS Warspite, HMS Vestal, HMS Maeander and then HMS Algiers''. He was appointed Commander-in-chief, Queenstown in 1858 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1864.

There is a memorial window to him and his wife in the church of St. John the Baptist in Biggleswade.

Family
In 1838 he married Hon. Charlotte Georgiana Ponsonby; they had three sons and four daughters.