Charles Lister Ryan
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.[1]
Ryan was born in St John's, Worcester,[2] the son of barrister Sir Edward Ryan and Louisa Whitmore.[3]
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).[3]
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.[3]
In 1862, he married Jane Georgiana, daughter of Sir John Shaw Lefevre.[3]
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1881 Birthday Honours[4] and knighted in the same order in the 1887 Golden Jubilee Honours.[5]
References
- "The Retirement of Sir Charles Ryan". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 18 September 1896. p. 10.
- 1901 England Census
- Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2510. ISBN 978-0-85011-060-9.
- "No. 24976". The London Gazette. 24 May 1881. p. 2674.
- "No. 25712". The London Gazette. 21 June 1887. p. 3363.
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| Preceded by Sir William Dunbar, 7th Baronet |
Comptroller and Auditor General 1888–1896 |
Succeeded by Richard Mills |