Peter Richards (Royal Navy officer)
Admiral Sir Peter Richards KCB (1787 – 16 March 1869) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Sea Lord.
Sir Peter Richards | |
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 Signing of the Treaty of Nanking (1842). Richards is seated in the front row (second from right) between Maj. George Malcolm and Lt. Col. Francis Spencer Hawkins. | |
| Born | 1787 |
| Died | 16 March 1869 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1798–1865 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held | HMS Asia HMS Volage HMS Cornwallis HMS Hibernia HMS Royal Sovereign HMS Cumberland HMS Boscawen |
| Battles/wars | First Opium War Crimean War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Naval career
Richards joined the Royal Navy in 1798.[1] Promoted to captain in 1828, Richards was given command of HMS Asia and HMS Volage before commanding HMS Cornwallis in the First Opium War.[1] He later commanded HMS Hibernia, HMS Royal Sovereign, HMS Cumberland and HMS Boscawen.[1]
As a rear-admiral he was appointed Third Sea Lord in 1854 and served in that role during the Crimean War.[1] He was promoted vice-admiral on the Reserved List in April, 1862.[2]
St. Peter's Memorial Mission Chapel at Saltash Passage near St Budeaux in Cornwall was built in his memory but damaged in World War II and then demolished in 1956.[3][4]
He is buried at St Andrew's Church, Ham, Surrey.[5]
See also
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
References
- William Loney RN
- "No. 22627". The London Gazette. 20 May 1862. p. 2615.
- The Phillimore Papers National Archives
- Moseley, Brian (June 2011). "Mission Chapel of Saint Peter". The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. Plymouth Data. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- "Sir Peter Richards, K.C.B., R.N." (PDF). Commodore Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2021.