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Ricardo was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1903.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27632/pages/25 no. 27632.  p. 25.]  1 January, 1904.</ref>
 
Ricardo was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1903.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27632/pages/25 no. 27632.  p. 25.]  1 January, 1904.</ref>
  
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Appointed to a series of battleship commands: {{UK-Barfleur}} on 3 January 1905 &ndash; a temporary position lasting but a month,<ref>Ricardo Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 464.</ref> &ndash; then {{UK-EmpressOfIndia}} in 1906,{{MackieRNW}} thence directly to command {{UK-Russell}} on 10 August, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 370.</ref>
  
 
Appointed to command the {{UK-Vanguard|f=t}} on 23 September, 1911.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 6 September, 1911.  Issue '''39683''', col E, p. 4.</ref>
 
Appointed to command the {{UK-Vanguard|f=t}} on 23 September, 1911.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 6 September, 1911.  Issue '''39683''', col E, p. 4.</ref>

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Admiral Arthur D. Ricardo, as a Rear-Admiral, 1917.
© National Portrait Gallery, London.

Admiral Arthur David Ricardo, C.B., R.N., Retired (14 September, 1861 – 11 February, 1931) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Life & Career

Arthur David Ricardo was born on 14 September, 1861, the second son of Mr. H. D. Ricardo.

Ricardo was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 7 September, 1883.[1]

Ricardo was promoted to the rank of Commander on 22 June, 1897.[2]

Ricardo was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1903.[3]

Appointed to a series of battleship commands: Barfleur on 3 January 1905 – a temporary position lasting but a month,[4] – then Empress of India in 1906,[5] thence directly to command Russell on 10 August, 1907.[6]

Appointed to command the battleship Vanguard on 23 September, 1911.[7]

He was appointed command of Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport on 5 June, 1913.[Inference] (Commodore, Second Class.)

Ricardo was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 7 March, 1914, vice Rolleston.[8]

Great War

On 9 August, 1915 he was appointed Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard.[9]

Post-War

Ricardo was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1919.[10] He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 17 January vice Moore.[11] He was relieved at Chatham by Rear-Admiral William E. Goodenough on 1 May.[12] On 26 January, 1920, he was placed on the Retired List at his own request.[13] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 3 March, 1924.[14]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25269. p. 4509. 14 September, 1883.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26865. p. 3443. 22 June, 1897.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27632. p. 25. 1 January, 1904.
  4. ↑ Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 370.
  7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 6 September, 1911. Issue 39683, col E, p. 4.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28811. p. 2162. 10 March, 1914.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 558.
  10. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31099. p. 106. 1 January, 1919.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31162. p. 1798. 4 February, 1919.
  12. ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 May, 1919. Issue 42088, col B, p. 19.
  13. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31779. p. 1832. 13 February, 1920.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32919. p. 2323. 18 March, 1924.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Ricardo" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 14 February, 1931. Issue 45747, col E, p. 14.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles E. Anson 		Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard
1915 – 1919 		Succeeded by
Sir William E. Goodenough

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