Alfred Phillipps Ryder R.N.
Alfred Phillipps Ryder R.N.
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Alfred Phillipps Ryder R.N. | Explanation |
Seventh son of Henry Ryder (1777?1836), bishop of Lichfield |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
27 November 1820 | | Born |
1852 | | Married Louisa, daughter of Henry Dawson, of Launde Abbey, Leicestershire |
1871 | | Member of Admiralty committee on designs |
28 February 1873 | 1 December 1873 | Naval attach? to H.M.'s Embassies and Missions at the Maritime Courts of Europe |
21 May 1884 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
30 April 1888 | | Died (drowned near Vauxhall pier while taking a trip on the river Thames) |
Obituary and Inquest in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
6 May 1833 | Entered Navy |
2 May 1841 | Lieutenant |
15 January 1846 | Commander |
2 May 1848 | Captain |
2 April 1866 | Rear-Admiral |
7 May 1872 | Vice-Admiral |
5 August 1877 | Admiral |
29 April 1885 | Admiral of the Fleet |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
22 September 1841 | 1845 | Lieutenant in Belvidera, commanded by George Grey, Mediterranean |
May 1847 | | Commander in Vixen (from commissioning at Woolwich), Charles Napier's Western Squadron, then taking the Portuguese ambassador, the Duke of Palmella, back to Lisbon, and Percy Doyle (the newly appointed British Minister) to Mexico, then North America and West Indies (until promoted for his service at the capture of Fort Serapaqui on the San Juan River after Colonel Salas of the Nicaraguan army had carried off two British subjects). |
28 December 1853 | 13 March 1857 | Captain in Dauntless (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), Channel, then (1854) the Baltic and the Black Sea during the Russian War, then the Mediterranean |
5 January 1861 | 22 November 1862 | Captain in Hero (until paying off at Sheerness), Channel squadron, then North America and West Indies |
24 November 1862 | 27 April 1863 | Private secretary to the Duke of Somerset, First Lord of the Admiralty |
1863 | 1866 | Controller of the Coast guard |
1868 | 1869 | Second in command of the Channel squadron (flag in Penelope) |
31 August 1874 | 31 August 1877 | Commander-in-chief, China (flag in Audacious) |
27 November 1879 | 28 November 1882 | Commander-in-chief, Portsmouth |