Richard Henry Peirse
Admiral Sir Richard Henry Peirse, K.C.B., K.B.E., M.V.O. (4 September, 1860 – 10 July, 1940) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He was Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies at the outbreak of the First World War, and afterwards assisted the Lord Fisher on the Board of Invention and Research.
Early life and career
Peirse was born in York on 4 September, 1860, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel C.H. Peirse. In 1873 he joined the Royal Navy, passing in seventh out of the twenty-four who sat the July entry examination. He served as a Midshipman in the Channel Squadron and in the corvette Charybdis on the China Station.
Peirse was promted to Lieutenant on 4 February, 1881, dated 1 January, 1881.
On 1 January, 1893 Peirse was promoted Commander, along with Cecil Burney and Douglas Gamble.