Sir Richard Henry Peirse | |
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Born | York, England | 4 September 1860
Died | 10 July 1940 | (aged 79)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1873–1919 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station HMS Commonwealth HMS Bedford HMS Dido |
Battles/wars | Second Boer War First World War |
Awards | Knight 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) |
Relations | Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Peirse (son) Air Vice Marshal Sir Richard Peirse (grandson) |
Other work | Deputy 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.
Peirse lived in Upper Norwood in London[17] and there is a memorial to him in Bedale Parish Church in North Yorkshire.[18]
He and his wife lived for many years at Fiesole on Bathwick Hill in Bath, Somerset before moving to Belmont in Combe Down, where he died in 1940.[19]
His son, Sir Richard Peirse, became air chief marshal.[20]