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Three: Captain H. C. D. Ryder, Royal Navy, who was awarded the Ottoman Order of Osmanieh...

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Three: Captain H. C. D. Ryder, Royal Navy, who was awarded the Ottoman Order of Osmanieh Fourth Class and promoted Commander for his gallantry as captain of H.M.S. Cygnet during the bombardment of Alexandria on 11 July 1882

China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857, unnamed as issued; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (Lt. & Comdr. H. C. D. Ryder. R.N. H.M.S. “Cygnet.”); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, minor edge bruising to first, this good very fine; the Egypt pair better (3) £500-£700

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Hugh Cuthbert Dudley Ryder was born on 10 February 1843, the son of the Hon. Frederick Ryder, and the grandson of the 1st Earl of Harrowby, and joined the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet in March 1857, serving during the China War of that year (Medal and clasp). Commissioned Sub-Lieutenant on 14 December 1864, he was promoted Lieutenant on 21 January 1867, and served in Command of H.M.S. Cygnet from 31 December 1880 to 25 September 1882, being awarded the Ottoman Order of Osmanieh Fourth Class and promoted Commander for his gallantry during the bombardment of Alexandria on 11 July 1882. Promoted to the rank of Captain on the Retired List in July 1897, he died on 14 January 1898.
Three: Captain H. C. D. Ryder, Royal Navy, who was awarded the Ottoman Order of Osmanieh Fourth Class and promoted Commander for his gallantry as captain of H.M.S. Cygnet during the bombardment of Alexandria on 11 July 1882

China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857, unnamed as issued; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (Lt. & Comdr. H. C. D. Ryder. R.N. H.M.S. “Cygnet.”); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, minor edge bruising to first, this good very fine; the Egypt pair better (3) £500-£700

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Hugh Cuthbert Dudley Ryder was born on 10 February 1843, the son of the Hon. Frederick Ryder, and the grandson of the 1st Earl of Harrowby, and joined the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet in March 1857, serving during the China War of that year (Medal and clasp). Commissioned Sub-Lieutenant on 14 December 1864, he was promoted Lieutenant on 21 January 1867, and served in Command of H.M.S. Cygnet from 31 December 1880 to 25 September 1882, being awarded the Ottoman Order of Osmanieh Fourth Class and promoted Commander for his gallantry during the bombardment of Alexandria on 11 July 1882. Promoted to the rank of Captain on the Retired List in July 1897, he died on 14 January 1898.

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