# Richard Spry > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Richard_Spry > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Richard_Spry.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Spry > Source revision: 1352263258 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English Admiral}} {{for|the Australian cricketer|Richard Spry (cricketer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = [Rear-Admiral](/source/Rear_admiral_(Royal_Navy)) |name= Sir Richard Spry |birth_date=1715 |death_date= 25 November 1775 |birth_place= |death_place=[Place House](/source/Place_House%2C_St_Anthony_in_Roseland), [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall) |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|Kingdom of Great Britain}} |service_years= |rank= [Rear-Admiral of the Red](/source/Rear_admiral_of_the_red) |commands=[North American Station](/source/North_America_and_West_Indies_Station)
[Mediterranean Fleet](/source/Mediterranean_Fleet)
[Plymouth Command](/source/Commander-in-Chief%2C_Plymouth) |branch ={{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}} |unit= |battles=[War of the Austrian Succession](/source/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession)
[Seven Years' War](/source/Seven_Years'_War) |awards= |other_work= }} [Rear-Admiral](/source/Rear_admiral_(Royal_Navy)) '''Sir Richard Spry''' (1715{{cite DNB|wstitle=Spry, Richard}}– 25 November 1775[:File:Memorials to the Spry family in St Anthony's church, St Anthony in Roseland-8952.jpg](/source/%3AFile%3AMemorials_to_the_Spry_family_in_St_Anthony's_church%2C_St_Anthony_in_Roseland-8952.jpg)) was a [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) officer who served as [Commander-in-Chief, North American Station](/source/North_America_and_West_Indies_Station). ==Naval career== After an education at [Truro Grammar School](/source/Truro_Cathedral_School)[Richard Polwhele](/source/Richard_Polwhele), ''The History of Cornwall, Civil, Military, Religious, Architectural, Agricultural, Commercial, Biographical, and Miscellaneous'', vols. 4-7 (Michel & Co., 1816), [https://books.google.com/books?id=qEQQAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA66 p. 66] Spry joined the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) as a volunteer in 1733.[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26186 Richard Spry at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] Following the sinking of his ship by the Spanish Navy he was taken prisoner in 1745 but released two months later. He took part in the siege of [Pondicherry](/source/Pondicherry_(city)) in India in 1750. From 17 October 1753 to 5 June 1754 he was captain of the frigate {{HMS|Garland|1748|6}}.{{cite web|url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_crewman&id=1538|title=Richard Spry|publisher=Three Decks|accessdate=8 October 2020}} In 1755 he became senior officer at [Halifax, Nova Scotia](/source/Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia), and in 1758 took part in the successful [Siege of Louisbourg](/source/Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1758)). He was given command of {{HMS|Orford|1749|6}} in 1760. In 1762 he was appointed [Commander-in-Chief, North American Station](/source/North_America_and_West_Indies_Station). In 1766 he was promoted to the rank of [Commodore](/source/Commodore_(rank)) and appointed [Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station](/source/Mediterranean_Fleet).Hardy 1783, p. 56 thumb|Memorial in St Anthony's church, St Anthony in Roseland Spry returned to England in 1769. In 1770 he was promoted to [rear admiral](/source/Admiral_(Royal_Navy)) and went on to be [Port Admiral at Plymouth](/source/Commander-in-Chief%2C_Plymouth){{cite book | last1=Burke | first1=J. | last2=Colburn | first2=H. | last3=Bentley | first3=R. | last4=Cumming | first4=J. | last5=Whittingham | first5=C. | author6=Bell & Bradfute | title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours | publisher=Henry Colburn | issue=v. 4 | year=1838 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KikAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA695 | page=695}} in 1771.{{cite web |url=http://thepeerage.com/p16656.htm#i166559 |title=Vice-Admiral William Bligh |work=The Peerage |date=20 April 2009 }} Spry was knighted at Portsmouth on 24 June 1773 and retired to Place House in [St Anthony in Roseland](/source/St_Anthony_in_Roseland), [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall).[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/722655/Cornwall-Walking-along-the-Roseland-peninsula.html Cornwall: Walking along the Roseland peninsula] Daily Telegraph, 12 August 2000 He died there in 1775. His memorial in St Anthony's Church there is by [Humphrey Hopper](/source/Humphrey_Hopper).{{cite book|title=Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851|first=Rupert|last= Gunnis|year=1953|publisher=Odhams}} ==References== {{Portal|Cornwall}} {{reflist}} ===Bibliography=== *{{cite book|last=Hardy|first=John|title=A Chronological List of the Captains of His Majesty's Royal Navy|publisher=T. Cadell|location=London|year=1783|oclc=8908960|url=http://dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/books/PDFs/590461463.pdf}} {{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box | title=[Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth](/source/Commander-in-Chief%2C_Plymouth) | years=1771–1775 | before=[Sir George Edgcumbe](/source/George_Edgcumbe%2C_1st_Earl_of_Mount_Edgcumbe)| after=[John Amherst](/source/John_Amherst)}} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Spry, Richard}} Category:1715 births Category:1775 deaths Category:Royal Navy rear admirals Category:People educated at Truro Cathedral School --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Richard Spry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Spry) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Spry?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.