Sir William Bellingham, 1st Baronet was an Irish-born British politician and the Controller of Storekeepers Accounts for the Royal Navy. Bellingham was charged with organizing and procuring provisions for the Vancouver Expedition. Though he never saw the Pacific Ocean, Bellingham Bay and the city of Bellingham, Washington, are named for him.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain
- Born
- 1755
- Died
- 1826, October 27, 1826