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Sir Charles Ryan
Standing photographic studio portrait, wearing a jacket and waistcoat, between a table and a chairCharles Ryan, 1861 photograph
BornCharles Lister Ryan
(1831-09-30)30 September 1831
St John's, Worcester, England
Died20 November 1920(1920-11-20) (aged 89)
Ascot, Berkshire, England
EducationEton College
Occupationcivil servant

Sir Charles Lister Ryan KCB JP (30 September 1831 – 20 November 1920) was a British civil servant. He served as Comptroller and Auditor-General of the Exchequer from 1888 until his retirement in 1896.

Life

He was born in St John's, Worcester, the fifth son of barrister Sir Edward Ryan and Louisa Whitmore. He was educated at Eton College.

Ryan was a Clerk in the Treasury (1851–65), also serving as private secretary to Benjamin Disraeli (1858), Sir Stafford Northcote (1859), and William Ewart Gladstone when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer (1859–65). He was appointed secretary to the Board of Audit in 1865. He served as Assistant-Comptroller and Auditor (1873-88), followed by Comptroller and Auditor of the Exchequer and Audit Department (1888–96). He was also a governor of Wellington College, Berkshire.

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1881 Birthday Honours and knighted in the same order in the 1887 Golden Jubilee Honours.

Family

In 1862, Ryan married Jane Georgiana, daughter of Sir John Shaw Lefevre and sister of Lord Eversley. Their daughter Madeleine Harriet Dagmar married Arthur Elliot in 1888.

He died at Burleigh Bushes Cottage in Ascot, Berkshire.

References

  1. ^ "Obituary: Sir Charles Ryan – Secretary to Disraeli and Gladstone". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 22 November 1920. p. 7.
  2. "The Retirement of Sir Charles Ryan". The Times. 18 September 1896. p. 10.
  3. 1901 England Census
  4. ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2510. ISBN 978-0-85011-060-9.
  5. "No. 24976". The London Gazette. 24 May 1881. p. 2674.
  6. "No. 25712". The London Gazette. 21 June 1887. p. 3363.
  7. Walford, Edward (1893). The Windsor Peerage for 1890-1894. p. 405.
Political offices
Preceded bySir William Dunbar, 7th Baronet Comptroller and Auditor General
1888–1896 		Succeeded byRichard Mills
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