Frederick Warden
Rear Admiral Frederick Warden CB (18 November 1807 – 11 November 1869) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron. Naval career. Warden joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1820. He served off the coast of Syria during the Oriental Crisis in 1840. Promoted to Captain in 1845, he was given command of HMS "Retribution" in 1850 and then HMS "Ajax" which was used as mobile maritime battery in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War. He later commanded HMS "Hibernia" and then HMS "Redpole". He was appointed Commander-in -Chief, Channel Squadron in 1867 and Commander-in-chief, Queenstown in December 1868. He arrived from Lisbon to take command at Queenstown aboard HMS "Helicon", despatch vessel, on 28 December 1868. He died in office in Queenstown on 11 November 1869. He lived at Barham Lodge in Weybridge.