Ernest Rice (Royal Navy officer) explained

Admiral Sir Ernest Rice, KCB (24 February 1840 – 15 April 1927) was a Royal Navy officer.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Early life

He was the youngest son of the politician Edward Royd Rice and the brother of Admiral Sir Edward Bridges Rice.

Career

Rice entered HMS Britannia in June 1854. As a midshipman on HMS Odin, he took part in the Crimean War in the Baltic. He was involved in the failed attack on Gamla Carleby (now Kokkola), and was also present at the Battle of Bomarsund and the Bombardment of Sveaborg.

Personal life

On 22 September 1870, he married Laura Marianne York (1846–1899), daughter of Edward York and Penelope Sykes. Before her death in 1899, they were the parents of:^[2]

• Laura Gwenllian Rice (1871–1952), who married Walter James, 3rd Baron Northbourne, in 1894.^{[4] [5]} After his death in 1932, she married architect William Curtis Green.

After her death in 1899, he married Fanny Julia Dawkins, daughter of Clinton George Augustus Dawkins, Consul-General to Vienna, and Marianne Jane Robarts, on 12 September 1903.^[2]

Sir Ernest died in Kent on 15 April 1927.^[2]

References

1. Web site: Ernest Rice. The Dreadnought Project.
2. News: 16 April 1927 . Admiral Sir Ernest Rice . 12 . The Times.
3. News: 18 April 1927 . Admiral Sir Ernest Rice . 9 . The Daily Telegraph.
4. Web site: Collections Online | British Museum. www.britishmuseum.org.
5. Book: Engen, R K. 1979 . Dictionary of Victorian Engravers, Print Publishers and Their Works . Cambridge. Chadwyck-Healey. 111. 0914146866.