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.[2]

Sir Charles Ryan
Standing photographic studio portrait, wearing a jacket and waistcoat, between a table and a chair
Charles Ryan, 1861 photograph
Born
Charles Lister Ryan

(1831-09-30)30 September 1831
Died20 November 1920(1920-11-20) (aged 89)
EducationEton College[1]
Occupationcivil servant

Life

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He was born in St John's, Worcester,[3] the fifth son of barrister Sir Edward Ryan and Louisa Whitmore.[4] He was educated at Eton College.[1]

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).[4] 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.[4]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1881 Birthday Honours[5] and knighted in the same order in the 1887 Golden Jubilee Honours.[6]

Family

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In 1862, Ryan married Jane Georgiana, daughter of Sir John Shaw Lefevre and sister of Lord Eversley.[4] Their daughter Madeleine Harriet Dagmar married Arthur Elliot in 1888.[7]

He died at Burleigh Bushes Cottage in Ascot, Berkshire.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b c d 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 by Comptroller and Auditor General
1888–1896
Succeeded by
Richard Mills