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The '''Ryder Memorial Prize''' was a prize of books awarded to the {{SubRN}} who placed highest in the examination in French at the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]]. | The '''Ryder Memorial Prize''' founded in memory of the late Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Alfred Phlllipps Ryder, K.C.B., who died on the 30th April, 1888 was a prize of books awarded to the {{SubRN}} who placed highest in the examination in French at the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]]. | ||
The ''Navy List'' describes the Prize as follows:{{NLJan21|p. 2333}} | |||
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The Ryder Memorial Fund consists of a sum of about 160 pounds invested in Government securities. | |||
The dividend arising from this sum is employed annually in the provision of a prize of a book or books, to be awarded to the Lieutenant who takes the first place in French at the annual examinations in foreign languages, a colloquial knowledge of the language being necessary to render a candidate eligible for the award of the prize. | |||
The Ryder Prize may be withheld in any year Is considered advisable. | |||
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==Recipients== | ==Recipients== | ||
Revision as of 18:22, 29 June 2017
The Ryder Memorial Prize founded in memory of the late Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Alfred Phlllipps Ryder, K.C.B., who died on the 30th April, 1888 was a prize of books awarded to the Sub-Lieutenant who placed highest in the examination in French at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
The Navy List describes the Prize as follows:[1]
The Ryder Memorial Fund consists of a sum of about 160 pounds invested in Government securities.
The dividend arising from this sum is employed annually in the provision of a prize of a book or books, to be awarded to the Lieutenant who takes the first place in French at the annual examinations in foreign languages, a colloquial knowledge of the language being necessary to render a candidate eligible for the award of the prize.
The Ryder Prize may be withheld in any year Is considered advisable.
Recipients
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- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 2333.
