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.
- Occupation
- naval officer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- February 12, 1772, February 1772
- Died
- May 31, 1848
