Peter Richards (Royal Navy officer)
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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = Admiral
| 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
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| nickname =
| allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
| branch = 23px 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
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Admiral Sir Peter Richards KCB (1787 – 16 March 1869) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Sea Lord.
Naval career
File:St Andrew's Church, Ham - grave of Sir Peter Richards.jpg
Richards joined the Royal Navy in 1798.[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=81 William Loney RN] 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.
As a rear-admiral he was appointed Third Sea Lord in 1854 and served in that role during the Crimean War. He was promoted vice-admiral on the Reserved List in April, 1862.{{London Gazette|issue=22627| page=2615|date=20 May 1862}}
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.[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=041-phillimore_2&cid=-1#-1 The Phillimore Papers] National Archives{{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}}
He is buried at St Andrew's Church, Ham, Surrey.{{cite web|url=http://www.commodoretrust.org.uk/6.%20%20%20Peter%20Richards%20(1).pdf |title=Sir Peter Richards, K.C.B., R.N. |publisher=Commodore Trust|access-date=28 September 2021}}
See also
- {{cite wikisource |first=William Richard |last=O'Byrne |chapter=Richards, Peter |title=A Naval Biographical Dictionary |year=1849 |publisher=John Murray}}
References
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Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath