deaths
December 7, 1775
Charles Saunders, English admiral and politician (born 1715)
Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)
Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, KB was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He commanded the fourth-rate HMS Gloucester and at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in October 1747 during the War of the Austrian Succession. After serving as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, English Channel, in charge of the Western Squadron between October 1758 and May 1759.