William Peere Williams-Freeman | |
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![]() William Peere Williams-Freeman by George Romney | |
Born | Peterborough | 6 January 1742
Died | 11 February 1832 Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire | (aged 90)
Buried | Broxbourne, Hertfordshire |
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Years of service | 1759–1832 |
Rank | Admiral of the Fleet |
Commands | HMS Thunder HMS Renown HMS Active HMS Venus HMS Brune HMS Flora |
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Relations | William Peere Williams (grandfather) Robert Clavering (grandfather) |
Admiral of the Fleet William Peere Williams-Freeman (6 January 1742 – 11 February 1832) (born William Peere Williams) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He saw action aboard as a junior officer at the Battle of Quiberon Bay during the Seven Years' War. He also took part, as captain of the fifth-rate HMS Venus, in the Battle of Rhode Island and then, as captain of the fifth-rate HMS Flora, in the second relief of Gibraltar during the American Revolutionary War.
Eventually (many years after his retirement from the Navy) Williams-Freeman became Admiral of the Fleet for a brief period before his death at the age of 90.