William Hutcheon Hall

William Hutcheon Hall
Hall carrying a sword presented to him by the crew of the Nemesis. In the background is the bombardment of Bomarsund.
Nickname(s)	Nemesis Hall
Born	c. 1797 Berwick, Northumberland, England
Died	25 June 1878 (aged 80–81) Kensington, London, England
Buried	St Lawrence's Church, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1811–1866
Rank	Admiral
Wars	First Anglo-Chinese War Crimean War
Awards	China War Medal (1843) Fellow of the Royal Society (1847) Companion of the Order of the Bath (1855) Baltic Medal (1856) Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1867)

Admiral Sir William Hutcheon Hall, KCB, FRS (c. 1797 – 25 June 1878), was a British Royal Navy officer. He served in the First Anglo-Chinese War and Crimean War. In China, he commanded the iron steamship Nemesis of the East India Company.

Hall was born circa 1797 in Berwick, Northumberland, England, to William Hall and his wife Mary (née Hutcheon). He joined the Royal Navy on 24 October 1811 as a first-class volunteer on board HMS Warrior under Captains George Byng and John Tremayne Rodd. In 1816–17, he served as a midshipman under Captain Basil Hall, with whom he attended William Amherst's embassy visit to China. After returning to England in November 1817, he was appointed to the frigate, HMS Iphigenia, under Captain Robert Mends in the West Africa Squadron. He was later promoted as master of the sloop, HMS Morgiana. In this rank, he served in the British West Indies, Mediterranean, and Home stations until 1836. After studying steam engines in Glascow, Scotland, and on board steamers trading to Ireland, he travelled to the United States, where he was employed in steamboats on the Delaware and Hudson.