Family and Issue
Austen married Frances Palmer, the youngest daughter of the late Attorney-General of Bermuda, in 1807. The two had three children together. After the death of Frances in 1814, Charles married his late wife's sister Harriet Palmer in 1820. The couple produced four children, two of them sons, and one of whom followed his father into the navy.
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