Edward Rice (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Edward Rice
Born	30 October 1819 Godmersham, Kent
Died	30 October 1902 (1902-10-31) (aged 83)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1832–1884
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Leander HMS Royal Albert HMS Algiers HMS St George HMS Asia Nore Command
Battles/wars	First Opium War Second Anglo-Burmese War Crimean War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

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.

Naval career

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.

See also

• O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). " Rice, Edward Bridges".  A Naval Biographical Dictionary. John Murray. Wikisource. 

References

Military offices
Preceded by Edward Inglefield	Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard 1876–1878	Succeeded by William Luard
Preceded by Sir Reginald Macdonald	Commander-in-Chief, The Nore 1882–1884	Succeeded by Sir John Corbett