William Graham (Royal Navy officer) explained

Honorific Prefix:Admiral
Sir William Graham
Birth Date:10 September 1826
Death Place:Bath, Somerset
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Rank:Admiral
Commands:Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Battles:Crimean War
Second Opium War
Awards:Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir William Graham, (10 September 1826 – 31 May 1907) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy.

Naval career

Graham was appointed a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1849[1] and served in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War in 1855 and at the capture of Canton during the Second Opium War in 1857.[2] Promoted to captain in 1863, he was given command of HMS Danae, HMS Immortalité, HMS Resistance, HMS Black Prince and then HMS Aurora.[1] He was appointed Captain of the training school HMS Britannia in 1875, Admiral-Superintendent of Malta Dockyard in 1882 and Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1886.[1] His last appointment was as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1888.[3]

He died at 13 Pulteney Street in Bath in 1907.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1364 William Loney RN
  2. http://www.bosleys.net/b67/medals.html Orders, decorations & medals
  3. https://archive.org/stream/exhibitroyalhous00newgiala/exhibitroyalhous00newgiala_djvu.txt Royal House of Guelph
  4. https://archive.org/stream/visitationofengl14howa/visitationofengl14howa_djvu.txt Visitation of England & Wales