Years of service 1798 – 1865 Awards Order of the Bath Name Peter Richards Service/branch Royal Navy | Role Royal Navy officer Rank Admiral Died March 1869 Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Commands held HMS Asia
HMS Volage
HMS Cornwallis
HMS Hibernia
HMS Royal Sovereign
HMS Cumberland
HMS Boscawen Battles/wars First Opium War
Crimean War Battles and wars First Opium War, Crimean War | ||
Admiral Sir Peter Richards KCB (1787 – March 1869) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Naval Lord.
Naval career
Richards joined the Royal Navy in 1798. Promoted to Captain in 1828, Richards was given command of HMS Asia and HMS Volage before commanding HMS Cornwallis in the First Opium War. He later commanded HMS Hibernia, HMS Royal Sovereign, HMS Cumberland and HMS Boscawen. He was appointed Third Naval Lord in 1854 and served in that role during the Crimean War.
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.
He is buried at St Andrew's Church, Ham, Surrey.
References
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