| 词条 | Peter Richards (Royal Navy officer) |
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|name= Sir Peter Richards |image=The Signing of the Treaty of Nanking.jpg |image_size=300 |caption=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. |birth_date=1787 |birth_place= |death_date= 16 March 1869 |death_place= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |branch= Royal Navy |serviceyears= 1798–1865 |rank= Admiral |commands=HMS Asia HMS Volage HMS Cornwallis HMS Hibernia HMS Royal Sovereign HMS Cumberland HMS Boscawen |unit= |battles=First Opium War Crimean War |awards=Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |laterwork= }} Admiral Sir Peter Richards KCB (1787 – 16 March 1869) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Sea Lord. Naval careerRichards 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. See also
References1. ^1 2 3 William Loney RN {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Sir Richard Dundas}}{{s-ttl|title=Third Sea Lord |years=1854–1857}}{{s-aft|after=Henry Eden}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Peter}}2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=22627| page=2615|date=20 May 1862}} 3. ^The Phillimore Papers National Archives 4. ^{{cite web| website = The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History| publisher = Plymouth Data| last = Moseley| first = Brian| title = Mission Chapel of Saint Peter| date = June 2011| url = http://www.plymouthdata.info/Churches-Anglican-St%20Peter%20Mission%20StB.htm| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120304064938/http://www.plymouthdata.info/Churches-Anglican-St%20Peter%20Mission%20StB.htm| archivedate = 4 March 2012| accessdate = 15 February 2015}} 4 : 1787 births|1869 deaths|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Royal Navy admirals |
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