Charles Hadden Explained

Honorific Prefix:Sir
Charles Hadden
Birth Date:2 June 1854[1]
Birth Place:Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England[2]
Death Place:Rossway, Hertfordshire, England
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Branch: British Army
Rank:Major-General
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Sir Charles Frederick Hadden (2 June 1854 – 13 September 1924) was a British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance.[3]

Early life and education

Hadden was born in Nottingham, the son of Charles Stanton Hadden, a Ceylon coffee planter. He was educated at Elstree School and Cheltenham College before attending the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[3]

Military career

Hadden was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1873.[4] He was appointed Chief Inspector at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich in 1893 and then became a Member of the Ordnance Committee and an Associate Member of Explosives Committee in 1901.[4]

He was made Commandant of the Ordnance College and Director of Artillery in 1904 before moving on to be Master-General of the Ordnance in 1907.[4] In that capacity he was a member of a special committee set up by Prime Minister H. H. Asquith to exploit aerial construction in 1909.[5] He was appointed President of Ordnance Board and Royal Artillery Committee in 1913.[4]

Personal life

In 1885, Hadden married Frances Mabel Strong, the daughter of Col. Clement Strong of the Coldstream Guard.[3]

He lived at Rossway near Berkhamsted.[6]

He died suddenly of heart failure, aged 70.[3]

References

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Notes and References

  1. UK, British Army Lists, 1882–1962
  2. 1901 England Census
  3. News: Obituary: Sir C. F. Hadden . . 15 September 1924 . 15 .
  4. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/HADDEN.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  5. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1909/1909%20-%200257.html Great Britain wakes up
  6. Web site: Parishes: Northchurch or Berkhampstead St Mary, A History of the County of Hertford: volume 2 . 1908. 245–250. 18 October 2014.