Rikard Lenac was a lawyer and a one-time governor of the city of Fiume (Rijeka).

Lenac was born in Fiume (Rijeka), a son of the navy captain Mate Lenac from Martinšćica, and Antonija, née. Lučić, from Volosko

Volosko

Volosko is a part of the city of Opatija, located in the Kvarner Gulf in western Croatia. It is located in the north of Opatija, on the road towards Kastav and Rijeka.-People:* Amelia Milka Sablich, born there...

. The father, commander of the Austrian brigantine

Brigantine

In sailing, a brigantine or hermaphrodite brig is a vessel with two masts, only the forward of which is square rigged.-Origins of the term:...

 Pietro, died in Brazil, when he was five years old. After his father's death the mother remarried with captain Vjenceslav Harasim from Lovran

Lovran

Lovran is a town in Istria, Croatia. It is situated on the western coast of the Kvarner Bay with a population of 3,241 . Its name derives from Laurel , as shown in the coat of arms....

. From that marriage the famous fiuman writer and pedagogic Gemma Harasim

Gemma Harasim

Gemma Harasim was a known pedagogical writer from Fiume.From 1907 to 1909, she got a scholarship from the municipality of Fiume to study at the University of Florence. There she got in contact with the intellectual circle centered around "La Voce". She wrote four letters on the situation in Fiume...

 was born, who maintained an epistolary relationship with her half-brother throughout her life.

Rikard Lenac was a known lawyer, who after the collapse of Austro-Hungarian monarchy was nominated by the National Council of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs as high sheriff of Fiume, taking the office from the deposed Hungarian governor, until November 17, 1918 when Italian army general Enrico Di San Marzano relieved Dr. Rikard Lenac of his post and took power.

Afterward he retired to private life, writing several literary and historical works. He died in 1949.