# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-knowles
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:58:36.444Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-knowles"
name: "Charles Knowles"
slug: "charles-knowles"
description: "Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet was a British naval officer, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Jamaica from 1752 to 1756. Serving in the Royal Navy during the War of Jenkins' Ear, War of the Austrian Succession and Seven Years' War, he also briefly served in the Imperial Russian Navy during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774. Knowles rose to the rank of admiral in a long and varied career, crowned with both success, and at times, controversy."
tagline: "Royal Navy officer during the War of the Austrian Succession, Seven Years' War, later admiral"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_Charles_Knowles_governor.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1704"
deathDate: "1777-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.60676532769556
  historical:           10.95309733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ноулз, Чарльз, 1-й баронет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "السير تشارلز نولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Knowles"
    title: "Charles Knowles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Knowles%2C_1._Baronet"
    title: "Charles Knowles, 1. Baronet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Charles_Knowles%2C_1st_Baronet"
    title: "Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Knowles"
    title: "Charles Knowles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Knowles"
    title: "Charles Knowles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Knowles_(1er_baronnet)"
    title: "Charles Knowles (1er baronnet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Knowles%2C_I_baronetto"
    title: "Charles Knowles, I baronetto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8E%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA"
    title: "チャールズ・ノウルズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Knowles"
    title: "Charles Knowles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Knowles"
    title: "Charles Knowles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Knowles"
    title: "Charles Knowles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1065198"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump