William Graham (Royal Navy officer)

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

Sir William Graham
Born10 September 1826
Died31 May 1907 (1907-06-01) (aged 80)
Bath, Somerset
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands heldRoyal Naval College, Greenwich
Battles/warsCrimean War
Second Opium War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

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]

References
  1. William Loney RN
  2. Orders, decorations & medals Bosleys, 12 September 2007
  3. Royal House of Guelph
  4. Visitation of England & Wales
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