Sir Andrew Ryan (5 November 1876 – 31 December 1949) was a British diplomat. He was Consul-General to

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

from 1924 to 1930, Minister to

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

from 1930 to 1936, and Consul-General to

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

from 1936 to 1939. 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 Christian Brothers College, Cork (CBC Cork, colloquially known as Christians) is a fee-paying school under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust in Cork, Ireland. Their sister school in Dublin is CBC Monkstown. History In the mid ...

and studying at Queens College Cork gaining a BA in Greek and Latin from the

Royal University of Ireland The Royal University of Ireland was founded in accordance with the ''University Education (Ireland) Act 1879'' as an examining and degree-awarding university based on the model of the University of London. A Royal Charter was issued on 27 Apri ...

, and

Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mon ...

. 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 Patrick Finbar Ryan, TC, O.P., (1881-1975) was an Irish Dominican priest who served as Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad (1940–1966). Patrick Ryan was born in Rochestown, County Cork, the son of Edward Ryan, and Matilda Ryan. on 4 March ...

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 Columba Ryan (born Patrick Ryan, 13 January 1916 in Hampstead – 4 August 2009) was a British priest of the Dominican Order and a philosophy teacher, university chaplain, and pastor. He was the brother of John Ryan, the British animator and ca ...

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

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* Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Morocco Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Albania 1876 births 1949 deaths Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Members of HM Diplomatic Service 20th-century British diplomats People from County Cork People educated at Christian Brothers College, Cork Alumni of the Royal University of Ireland Alumni of University College Cork {{UK-diplomat-stub