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Adolphus Slade

Summary

Admiral Sir Adolphus Slade CB (1804 – 13 November 1877) was a British admiral who became an admiral in the Ottoman Navy.[1] While in Ottoman service he was known as Mushaver (Inspector) Pasha[2]

He was the fifth son of General Sir John Slade.

Adolphus Slade as Mushaver Pasha in Ottoman service during the Crimean War.

Career edit

  • 1815: Entered Navy[3]
  • 1827: Lieutenant
  • 1841: Commander
  • 1849: Captain
  • 1849–1866: Admiral in the Turkish navy, with the title of Pasha. This included the Crimean War. In 1854, his flagship was a 72-gun frigate.[4]
  • 1858: KCB
  • 1866: Rear-Admiral
  • 1867: Retired Rear-Admiral
  • 1873: Retired Vice-Admiral

Books edit

Slade, who has been described as "one of the best nineteenth-century writers on the Middle East",[5] wrote a number of books:[6]

  • Records of travels in Turkey, Greece, &c. and of a Cruise in the Black Sea, with the Capitan Pasha, in the years 1829,1830, and 1831 (1833)
  • Turkey, Greece and Malta (1837)
  • The sultan and Mehemet Ali; or, The present crisis in Turkey. (1839)
  • Travels in Germany and Russia: including a steam voyage by the Danube and the Euxine from Vienna to Constantinople, in 1838-39 (1840)
  • A Few Words on Naval Construction and Naval promotion. (1846)
  • Maritime States and Military Navies (1859)
  • Turkey and the Crimean War: a narrative of historical events (1867)
  • An Historical Catechism of the Church of England, from the Apostles' times to the mission of St. Augustine. Compiled chiefly for the young (1883).

See also edit

  • O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Slade, Adolphus" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ^ Plaw, Avery (2012). The Metamorphosis of War. Rodopi B.V. ISBN 978-90-420-3571-3.
  3. ^ "Biography of Adolphus Slade R.N." pdavis.nl. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  4. ^ Zealand, National Library of New. "Papers Past - HOSTILITIES ON THE BLACK SEA. (Daily Southern Cross, 1854-03-24)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  5. ^ Freedom and Justice in the Modern Middle East Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Bernard Lewis Foreign Affairs, May/June 2005
  6. ^ Adolphus Slade in libraries (WorldCat catalog)