93,715 profiles ranked live

Charles Wager

✓ Source-basedstable

Royal Navy admiral (1666-1743)

WritersLived 1666 to 1743 · aged 77
Compare
Fame40.6
MomentumNot measured
Languages5
In century#9,603

Admiral of the White Sir Charles Wager, was an English Royal Navy officer and politician who served as Senior Naval Lord from 1730 to 1733 and then as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1733 to 1742.

Photos 6

Awards 1

Knight Bachelor

Writers born in the 1660s 6

About this person

Admiral of the White Sir Charles Wager, was an English Royal Navy officer and politician who served as Senior Naval Lord from 1730 to 1733 and then as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1733 to 1742. Despite heroic active service and steadfast administration and diplomatic service, Wager was criticized for his failure to deal with an acute manning problem.

Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1666 to 1743 · aged 77
Written about in
5 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.