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Admiral Sir Charles Wager PC (24 February 1666 – 24 May 1743) was a Royal Navy officer and politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1733 to 1742. Despite heroic active service and steadfast administration and diplomatic service, Wager can be criticized for his failure to deal with an acute manning problem. However, in reality the Royal Navy's numerical preponderance over other navies was greater than at any other time in the century, and its dockyard facilities, overseas bases (Wager was much involved in the development of new bases in the Caribbean), victualling organization, and central co-ordination were by far the most elaborate and advanced. Although British warship design was inferior to French in some respects, the real problem was an insufficiency of the versatile

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rdfs:label	Charles Wager (cs) Charles Wager (en) Charles Wager (fr)
rdfs:comment	Sir Charles Wager (24. února 1666, Rochester, Anglie – 24. května 1743, Londýn, Anglie) byl britský námořní velitel a státník z válek konce 17. a první poloviny 18. století. Jako námořní důstojník se vyznamenal v devítileté válce, později vynikl za války o španělské dědictví. Mezitím se stal členem parlamentu a zastával funkce ve vládě, nakonec byl řadu let ministrem námořnictva (1733–1742). V roce 1709 byl povýšen do šlechtického stavu a v roce 1731 dosáhl hodnosti admirála. Je pohřben ve Westminsterském opatství. (cs) Charles Wager (1666-1743), officier de marine britannique des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Il est amiral en 1731, et exerce les fonctions de Premier Lord de l'Amirauté de 1733 à 1742. (fr) Admiral Sir Charles Wager PC (24 February 1666 – 24 May 1743) was a Royal Navy officer and politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1733 to 1742. Despite heroic active service and steadfast administration and diplomatic service, Wager can be criticized for his failure to deal with an acute manning problem. However, in reality the Royal Navy's numerical preponderance over other navies was greater than at any other time in the century, and its dockyard facilities, overseas bases (Wager was much involved in the development of new bases in the Caribbean), victualling organization, and central co-ordination were by far the most elaborate and advanced. Although British warship design was inferior to French in some respects, the real problem was an insufficiency of the versatile (en)
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death place	Stanley House, Chelsea, England (en)
birth place	Rochester, Kent, England (en)
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