Sir Frederick Richards

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Sir Frederick Richards was a senior British Royal Navy officer of the 19th century who rose to become First Naval Lord and was honored through the naming of Richards Bay in South Africa.

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instanceOf Royal Navy officer
person
allegiance United Kingdom
appointedAs First Naval Lord in 1893
awardReceived Companion of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED
birthDate 1833-11-18
birthPlace Penryn, Cornwall, England NERFINISHED
burialPlace Weston-super-Mare Cemetery NERFINISHED
conflict Anglo-Zulu War NERFINISHED
Crimean War
First Boer War NERFINISHED
Second Opium War NERFINISHED
Third Anglo-Burmese War NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
deathDate 1912-09-28
deathPlace Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England NERFINISHED
education Royal Navy training ship HMS Illustrious NERFINISHED
fullName Frederick William Richards NERFINISHED
gender male
hasNamesake Richards Bay NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Sir NERFINISHED
language English
militaryBranch Royal Navy
monarchServed King Edward VII NERFINISHED
Queen Victoria NERFINISHED
namedAfter Sir Frederick Richards NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableFor senior command in multiple overseas stations of the Royal Navy
serving as First Naval Lord of the Royal Navy
occupation naval officer
positionHeld Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves NERFINISHED
Commander-in-Chief, China Station
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station NERFINISHED
Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth NERFINISHED
First Naval Lord NERFINISHED
promotedToRank Admiral
Captain
Rear Admiral
Vice Admiral
rank Admiral
retirementYear 1899
serviceEndYear 1899
serviceStartYear 1848

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Richards Bay namedAfter Sir Frederick Richards