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About William Hotham
Admiral of the Red Sir William Hotham, GCB was a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Born into a military family Hotham joined the navy as a captain's servant and able seaman, rising through the ranks with service in the Caribbean and Newfoundland. A lieutenant by the outbreak of war with revolutionary France in 1793, Hotham served initially in the Mediterranean, and had been promoted to his first command by 1794.
Everything about William Hotham →- Occupation
- naval officer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- February 12, 1772, February 1772
- Died
- May 31, 1848