Charles Hadden

Major-General Sir Charles Frederick Hadden KCB (2 June 1854 – 13 September 1924) was a British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance.[1]

Sir Charles Hadden
Born2 June 1854[1][2]
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England[3]
Died13 September 1924(1924-09-13) (aged 70)
Rossway, Hertfordshire, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

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.[1]

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.[1]

He lived at Rossway near Berkhamsted.[6]

He died suddenly of heart failure, aged 70.[1]

References
  1. "Obituary: Sir C. F. Hadden". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 15 September 1924. p. 15.
  2. UK, British Army Lists, 1882–1962
  3. 1901 England Census
  4. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  5. Great Britain wakes up Flight International, 8 May 1909
  6. "Parishes: Northchurch or Berkhampstead St Mary, A History of the County of Hertford: volume 2". 1908. p. 245-250. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir James Wolfe Murray		 Master-General of the Ordnance
1907–1913		 Succeeded by
Sir Stanley von Donop
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