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| Frederick William Richards R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Captain Edwin Richards, R.N (1791-1866) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 30 November 1833 | Born | ||
| 30 October 1866 | Married Lucy (1820-1880; died in Simonstown, South Africa), daughter of Fitzherbert Brooke (1755-1825), of Horton, Gloucestershire, and widow of the Rev. Edwin King Fayle (1823-1855) | ||
| 28 September 1912 | Died (Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire) | ||
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| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| January 1848 | Entered Navy | ||
| 30 October 1855 | Lieutenant | ||
| 9 February 1860 | Commander | ||
| 6 February 1866 | Captain | ||
| 9 June 1882 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 15 October 1888 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 1 September 1893 | Admiral | ||
| 29 November 1898 | Admiral of the Fleet1) | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 8 January 1854 | 5 June 1856 | Acting Mate in Fantome, commanded by Commander John Henn Gennys, Australia | |
| 29 June 1857 | 8 February 1860 | Lieutenant in Ganges, commanded by Captain John Fulford, flagship of Rear-Admiral Robert Lambert Baynes on the Pacific station , Pacific (Flag Lieutenant from April 1859) | |
| 9 February 1860 | 20 April 1861 | Commander in Vixen (until paying off at Woolwich), Pacific | |
| 8 March 1862 | 5 January 1866 | Commander in Dart (until paying off at Portsmouth), west coast of Africa | |
| 6 June 1870 | 30 June 1873 | Captain in Jumna | |
| 3 October 1873 | 10 May 1877 | Captain in Devastation, Channel squadron, then Mediterranean | |
| 1 January 1878 | October 1878 | Captain in Pembroke, flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles Fellowes, Admiral Superintendant of the Steam Reserve, Chatham | |
| 31 October 1878 | 30 March 1882 | Commodore in Boadicea, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa | |
| 30 March 1882 | 2 June 1882 | Captain in Thalia (until paying off at Portsmouth), returning home after paying off Boadicea at the Cape of Good Hope | |
| 22 July 1882 | 24 May 1885 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (Junior Naval Lord) | |
| 29 November 1890 | 16 February 1892 | Commander-in-Chief, China (flag in Impérieuse or Alacrity) | |
| 20 May 1892 | 31 October 1893 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (Second Naval Lord) | |
| 1 November 1893 | 13 August 1899 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (First Naval Lord) | |
| 1) | Special promotion to Admiral of the Fleet by Order in Council to enable him to remain on the active list until the age of seventy |
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