Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 3rd Baronet
| Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
14 October 1781 Langley Hall, Loddon, Norfolk |
| Died | 14 March 1861 (aged 79) Langley Hall, Loddon, Norfolk |
| Buried | St. Michael and All Saints Church, Langley (52°33′19″N 1°28′21″E / 52.555237°N 1.472591°E) |
| Allegiance |
Kingdom of Great Britain United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Service/branch | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1794–1809 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held | |
| Battles/wars | |
Admiral Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 3rd Baronet (14 October 1781 – 14 March 1861) was an officer in the British Royal Navy, who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Beauchamp-Proctor was born at Langley Hall, Loddon, Norfolk, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, 2nd Baronet, and Mary, the second daughter of Robert Palmer, of Sonning, Berkshire. His younger brothers were Colonel Richard Beauchamp-Proctor of the Grenadier Guards (d. 11 August 1850) and Captain Robert Beauchamp-Proctor of the Madras Artillery (d. 23 May 1813). His nephew, , also served as a naval officer.
Beauchamp-Proctor entered the Royal Navy on 4 September 1794, with the rank of able seaman, aboard the 32-gun frigate Stag under Captain Joseph Sydney Yorke. On 22 August 1795, now a midshipman, he took part in the engagement off Norway between four Royal Navy frigates and two frigates and a cutter from the Navy of the Batavian Republic. Stag captured the 36-gun frigate Alliante with 240 men aboard, after an action of about an hour, in which the enemy lost between 40 and 50 men killed and wounded, and the British only 4 killed, and 13, including Beauchamp-Proctor, wounded.
He continued to serve in the Stag on the home station until January 1798, when he joined the 98-gun ship London, under Captain John Child Purvis, off Lisbon. The following July he moved to the frigate Flora, under Captain Robert Gambier Middleton, in the Mediterranean, where he was lent for short periods to the frigates Alcmene under Captain Henry Digby, and Minerve under Captain George Cockburn.
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