Francis Cecil Ricardo

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Colonel Francis Cecil Ricardo CVO CBE (3 July 1852–17 June 1924) was a British soldier.

Ricardo was born at Bramley Park, Surrey. He was educated at Eton College and followed his older brother, Horace, into the Grenadier Guards in 1872. He retired in 1909. In 1899 he became honorary secretary of the Naval and Military Tournament and held the post until 1910, when he resigned following a disagreement with the Army Council over some of the content.

During the First World War he served as Acting Chief Constable of Berkshire County Constabulary.

Ricardo was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 1902 and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his police work in the 1920 civilian war honours.

He collapsed and died suddenly while walking with his niece in the garden of his house, Lullebrook Manor, Cookham.

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• Obituary, The Times, 19 June 1924