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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.[2] LifeHe 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] FamilyIn 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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