About Richard Spry
Lived 1715 – 1775 (aged 59–60). Richard Spry was a naval officer.
Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Spry (1715 – 25 November 1775 ) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, North American Station.
Naval career After an education at Truro Grammar School Spry joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer in 1733. Following the sinking of his ship by the Spanish Navy he was taken prisoner in 1745 but released two months later.
In 1755 he became senior officer at Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Spry returned to England in 1769. in 1771.
Spry was knighted at Portsmouth on 24 June 1773 and retired to the Spry family seat at Place House in St Anthony in Roseland, Cornwall. He died there in 1775.
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English rear admiral
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Richard Spry was born in 1715.
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Richard Spry died on 25 November 1775 in Place House.
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