Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu
Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu in 1903.
Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu (24 February 1852 - 25 March 1932) was a Danish naval officer and businessman who became a Siamese admiral and minister of the navy. He was granted the Thai noble title Phraya Chonlayutthayothin (Thai: พระยาชลยุทธโยธินทร์).[1]
He commanded Siamese gunboats in the Paknam Incident of July 13, 1893, that ended the Franco-Siamese War, and went on to become the first and only foreign-born commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Navy, from 16 January 1900 to 29 January 1901.[2][3]
He returned to Denmark in 1902, suffering from malaria.[1] He died at Kokkedal House in Hørsholm and is buried at Holmens Cemetery in Copenhagen.
Honours and awards
- from Denmark
- Chamberlain and Knight Grand Cross of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog
- from Siam
- Order of Chula Chom Klao
- Order of the White Elephant
- Order of the Crown of Siam
- Royal Cypher Medal (King Rama V)
- from other countries
- Legion of Honour (France)
- Order of the Redeemer (Greece)
- Order of the Crown of Italy
- Order of the Crown (Prussia)
- Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russia)
- Order of the Sword (Sweden)
- Order of the Medjidieh (Ottoman Empire)
- Order of Franz Joseph (Austria-Hungary).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu: The Admiral Who Went Ashore
- ↑ Bangkok Post: "Robe revived; Will this piece of Thai history find its way back?", 8 September 2007
- ↑ Royal Thai Navy. นายพลเรือโท พระยาชลยุทธโยธินทร์ [Vice Admiral Phraya Cholayuthyothin] (in Thai). Retrieved 11 September 2011.
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