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Revision as of 16:53, 24 January 2011
Admiral SIR Richard Henry Peirse, K.C.B., K.B.E., M.V.O., Royal Navy (4 September, 1860 – 10 July, 1940) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He was Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies at the outbreak of the First World War, and afterwards assisted the Lord Fisher on the Board of Invention and Research.
Early Life & Career
Peirse was born in York on 4 September, 1860, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel C.H. Peirse. In 1873 he joined the Royal Navy, passing in seventh out of the twenty-four who sat the July entry examination. He served as a Midshipman in the Channel Squadron and in the corvette Charybdis on the China Station.
Peirse was promted to Lieutenant on 4 February, 1881, dated 1 January, 1881.
On 1 January, 1893 Peirse was promoted Commander, along with Cecil Burney and Douglas Gamble.
Peirse was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1900.[1]
Great War
Peirse was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral dated 24 October, 1914.[2]
Peirse was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 11 March, 1918.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27211. p. 4433. 17 July, 1900.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28984. p. 9690. 24 November, 1914.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30599. p. 3756. 26 March, 1918.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Richard Peirse" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 11 July, 1940. Issue 48665, col D, pg. 7.
Images
- 1920 Frederic Whiting portrait in the possession of the Imperial War Museum. Catalogue Number IWM ART 3056.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/39.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/20.
| Naval Offices | ||
| Preceded by Frederick T. Hamilton |
Inspector of Target Practice 1909 – 1911 |
Succeeded by Montague E. Browning |
| Preceded by F. C. Doveton Sturdee |
Rear-Admiral in the First Division, Home Fleet 1911 – 1912 |
Succeeded by Charles E. Madden |
| Preceded by The Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell |
Commander-in-Chief on the East Indies Station 1912 – 1916 |
Succeeded by Rosslyn E. Wemyss |
- 1860 births
- 1940 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1873
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
- Naval Members of the Ordnance Committee (Royal Navy)
- Inspectors of Target Practice (Royal Navy)
- Rear-Admirals in the First Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Commanders-in-Chief on the East Indies Station
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
