Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Edmund Nugent GCH (c.1759 – 7 January 1844) was a Royal Navy officer. He saw action as a junior officer in the 50-gun Bristol at the Battle of Sullivan's Island during the American Revolutionary War. He was held as a prisoner-of war for a day by Spaniards shortly before the Battle of San Fernando de Omoa later on in the War.
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1759
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7 January 1844 (aged 84) Studland, Dorset
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