Alfred Phillipps Ryder

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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 served as Second-in-Command of the Channel Squadron from 1868 to 1869, after which he was appointed naval attaché to Paris.

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
? 		Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Paris
1869 – c. 1872 		Succeeded by
Henry B. Jackson
Preceded by
Sir Charles F. A. Shadwell 		Commander-in-Chief, China Station
Aug, 1874 – 1877 		Succeeded by
Sir Charles F. Hillyar
Preceded by
Edward G. Fanshawe 		Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth Station
27 Nov, 1879[5] – 1882 		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.

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