Born

Date calculated from age at death

Married Lydia PEREIRA in St George Hanover Square.11,12

From the Parish Register :-
"229. Charles Basden and Lydia Perira both of this Parish were married in this church by licence this Twenty second day of Paril in the year of 1817 by me
F Greville Curate
This marriage was solemnized between us :-
Chas. Basden
Lydia Pereira
In the presence of .-
Hy. Cowper
A. Harrison"

From the Hampshire Chronicle :-
"At St George's Hanover Square, Charles Basden Esq- of the Royal Navy, to Miss Lydia Pereira, daughter of the late J. Pereira Esq. of the Island of Jamaica, and niece of Sir M. M. Lopes, Bart. M.P. of Marriston House, in the county of Devon"

Birth of daughter Charlotte Sophia Frances BASDEN in Chelsea.6,7

Birth of son Charles Brenton BASDEN in Plymouth.8,9

Death of Lydia PEREIRA in Plymouth.10

Married Mary BRADDON in Plympton St Mary.13,14,15

From the Parish Register :-
By licence
Groom - Charles Basden, of full age, widower, Post Captain in the Royal Navy, St Andrews Plymouth
Bride - Mary Braddon, of full age, spinster, Plympton St Mary
Father of the groom - Thomas Basden, surgeon
Father of the bride - Henry Braddon, gentleman
Witnesses :-
William Braddon
Charlotte Sophia Frances Coote
Vicar - J H Thomas M.A. Curate of Leith, Manchester

From the Standard :-
"On the 29th ult., at Plympton St Mary Church, Devon, Captain Charles Basden, Royal Navy, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Henry Braddon, Esq., of Skipton Lodge, Cornwall."

Died in Plymouth (Lansdowne Place, 7).1,2,3,4

From the Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette :-
"The death is announced of Rear-Admiral Basden. He was seized with paralysis whilst sitting on the bench at Plymouth Guildhall on Monday week, and died next evening."

From the Leeds Mercury :-
"April 17th, at Lansdowne-place, Plymouth, aged 75, Read-Admiral Basden"

Buried in Plymouth (Ford Park Cemetery).5

Age - 75
Address - 7 Lansdowne Place Plymouth

Probate.2

of the will of Charles Basden of 7 Lansdowne-place, Plymouth. Rear-Admiral in Her Majesty's Royal Navy
Executors :-
Charlotte Goode of 23 Park-street Bath widow the daughter
William Clode Braddon of 4 Orsett Terrace Hyde Park, Esquire
Effects under GBP 1,500