Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)

For other persons named Charles Saunders, see Charles Saunders (disambiguation).

Admiral Saunders.

Sir Charles Saunders, KB (c.1715 – December 7, 1775) was an admiral in the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War and later First Lord of the Admiralty. He commanded the fleet which brought James Wolfe to Quebec in 1759 and consolidated the dead general's victory after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.

He was Member of Parliament for the Devon port (and major Royal Navy base) of Plymouth 1750-54 and then represented the Yorkshire borough of Hedon from 1754 until his death.

Cape Saunders, on the Otago coast of New Zealand, was named in his honour by Captain James Cook, who had served under Saunders in Canada.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Vere Beauclerk	Member of Parliament for Plymouth 1750–1754	Succeeded by The Viscount Barrington
Preceded by Luke Robinson John Savile	Member of Parliament for Hedon with Peter Denis 1754–1768 Beilby Thompson 1768–1775 1754–1775	Succeeded by Beilby Thompson Lewis Watson
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Egmont	First Lord of the Admiralty 1766	Succeeded by Sir Edward Hawke