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Sir Charles Thompson, 1st baronet Thompson (c.1740 – 17 March 1799, Fareham) was a British naval officer. After long service in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence and War of the First Coalition, he was Admiral Jervis's second in command at the battle of Cape St Vincent. However, his disregard for Jervis's signal to tack to counter a Spanish attacking move nearly lost the battle, and began an enmity with Jervis that eventually (with ill health) led to Thompson's retirement. From 1796 to 1799 he was also MP for Monmouth.Thompson was back in North America as HMS Salisbury's first lieutenant from May 1770, and there Commodore James Gambier promoted him to commander in February 1771, commanding the sloop HMS Senegal and then (after 3 months) appointed acting captain of HMS Mermaid. He took the later ship back to England in December 1771 and, though his acting captaincy was not confirmed by the admiralty, they did on 7 March 1772 promote him to full captain, commanding HMS Chatham. She sailed to the West Indies as the flagship of Vice-Admiral William Parry, and Thompson later moved from her to the frigate HMS Crescent, returned to England in 1774, returned to the West Indies in command of the HMS Boreas in early 1776 (capturing the 20 gun French ship Le Compas), returned to England escorting a merchant convoy in October 1777, before yet again going out to the West Indies in 1780. Sir John Laforey was appointed commissioner of the shipyard at Antigua in 1780, but Thompson refused to recognize this authority, leading to a long feud. In the Indies, Thompson was moved by Sir George Rodney to the 74 gun HMS Alcide, commanding her throughout the American War of Independence, including at the battles of the Chesapeake, St Kitts (under Sir Samuel Hood), and the Saints, before sailing her back to England at the end of the War. Arriving back in 1783, he married Jane Selby, daughter of Robert Selby of Bonington, near Edinburgh, who was also her father's heir - the co
