Sir

Andrew Ryan

KBE CMG
Born(1876-11-05)5 November 1876
Died31 December 1949(1949-12-31) (aged 73)
NationalityBritish
Alma materQueens College Cork (RUI)
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
OccupationDiplomat
ChildrenColumba Ryan
John Ryan
Parent(s)Edward Ryan
Matilda Ryan
RelativesBishop Finbar Ryan (brother)
Prof. Mary Ryan (sister)
Sir Thomas Ryan (brother)

Sir Andrew Ryan KBE CMG (5 November 1876 – 31 December 1949) was a British diplomat.[1] He was Consul-General to Morocco from 1924 to 1930, Minister to Saudi Arabia from 1930 to 1936,[2] and Consul-General to Albania from 1936 to 1939.[3]

Andrew was born 5 November 1876 in Rochestown, County Cork, Ireland the son of Edward Ryan, a soap and candle manufacturer of Douglas, Cork, and Matilda Ryan (nee O'Connor). He was educated at the Christian Brothers College, Cork and studying at Queens College Cork gaining a BA in Greek and Latin from the Royal University of Ireland,[4] and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. His sister was Prof.Mary Ryan the first female professor in Ireland or the UK, their brother Sir Thomas Ryan (1879–1934) worked in the Indian Civil Service, and their youngest brother was the Dominican priest and Bishop Patrick Finbar Ryan OP, Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad.

In 1913 he married Ruth Margaret van Millingen of Dunblane, Perthshire, they had two children the Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher Columba Ryan and cartoonist John Ryan.[5]

Ryan's autobiography, The Last of the Dragomans, was published by Geoffrey Bles in 1951.

References

  1. ↑ "RYAN, Sir Andrew". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "British Ambassadors and High Commissioners 1880-2010" (PDF). Colin Mackie, Gulabin.com. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Elsie, Robert (2010). Historical Dictionary of Albania. Scarecrow Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8108-6188-6. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Sir Andrew Ryan by David Morray, Dictionary of Irish Biography.
  5. ↑ "John Ryan". The Telegraph. 24 July 2009. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 24 August 2020.


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