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Edward Rice (Royal Navy officer)

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Years of service
  
1832–1884

Name
  
Edward Rice

Service/branch
  

Role
  
Royal Navy officer

Rank
  
Admiral

Died
  
October 30, 1902

Allegiance
  
Commands held
  
HMS LeanderHMS Royal AlbertHMS AlgiersHMS St GeorgeHMS AsiaNore Command

Battles/wars
  
First Opium WarSecond Anglo-Burmese WarCrimean War

Admiral Sir Edward Bridges Rice KCB DL (30 October 1819 – 30 October 1902) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.

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Born the son of Edward Royd Rice MP, Rice joined the Royal Navy in 1832. He took part in operations on the Yangtze River in 1842 during the First Opium War and then commanded a flotilla of boats on the Irrawaddy River in 1852 during the Second Anglo-Burmese War.

Promoted to Captain in 1855 he commanded HMS Leander at Sevastopol during the closing stages of the Crimean War. He also commanded HMS Royal Albert, HMS Algiers, HMS St George and then HMS Asia. He was appointed Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1875, Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard in 1876 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1882 before retiring in 1884.

He lived at Dane Court in Dover and in retirement was Deputy Lieutenant of Kent.

Family

In 1864 he married Married Cecilia Caroline Harcourt; they had one son.

References

Edward Rice (Royal Navy officer) Wikipedia


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