Richard Peirse (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Richard Henry Peirse
Sir Richard H. Peirse c. 1915
Born(1860-09-04)4 September 1860
York, England
Died10 July 1940(1940-07-10) (aged 79)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1873–1919
RankAdmiral
CommandsCommander-in-Chief, East Indies Station
HMS Commonwealth
HMS Bedford
HMS Dido
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Member of the Royal Victorian Order
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
Order of the Nile, First Class (Egypt)
RelationsAir Chief Marshal Sir Richard Peirse (son)
Air Vice Marshal Sir Richard Peirse (grandson)
Other workDeputy Lieutenant of the County of Somerset (1929)[1]

Admiral Sir Richard Henry Peirse, KCB, KBE, MVO, DL (4 September 1860 – 10 July 1940)[2] was a senior Royal Navy officer during the First World War.

  1. ^ "No. 33548". The London Gazette. 1 November 1929. p. 6991.
  2. ^ "Enrolment record for Richard Henry Peirse". The National Archives. 15 July 1873. Retrieved 11 June 2014.