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Ryder was promoted to {{FleetRN}} on 29 April, 1885.
 
Ryder was promoted to {{FleetRN}} on 29 April, 1885.
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After Ryder died, a prize of books awarded to the Sub-Lieutenant who placed highest in the examination in French at the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]] was founded in his memory – the [[Ryder Memorial Prize]].
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 15:44, 12 April 2018

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Phillipps Ryder, K.C.B. (27 June, 1820 – 30 April, 1888) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Ryder was promoted to the rank of Captain on 2 May, 1848.[1]

Ryder was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 April, 1866.[2]

Ryder was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 7 May, 1872.[3]

Ryder was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 5 August, 1877.[4]

Ryder was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 29 April, 1885.

After Ryder died, a prize of books awarded to the Sub-Lieutenant who placed highest in the examination in French at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich was founded in his memory – the Ryder Memorial Prize.

See Also

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Sir George Elliot
Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth Station
27 Nov, 1879[5]
Succeeded by
Sir Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1874). p. 6.
  2. The Monthly Navy List. (February, 1874). Corrected to 20 January, 1874. p. 6.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1875). p. 6.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1877). p. 5.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1880). p. 188.