William Peere Williams-Freeman
| William Peere Williams-Freeman | |
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Sir William Peere Williams-Freeman by George Romney
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| Born |
6 January 1742 Peterborough |
| Died | 11 February 1832 (aged 90) Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire |
| Buried | Broxbourne, Hertfordshire |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1759–1832 |
| Rank | Admiral of the Fleet |
| Commands held |
HMS Thunder HMS Renown HMS Active HMS Venus HMS Brune HMS Flora |
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| Relations |
William Peere Williams (grandfather) Robert Clavering (grandfather) |
Admiral of the Fleet William Peere Williams-Freeman (6 January 1742 – 11 February 1832) (born William Peere Williams) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He saw action aboard as a junior officer at the Battle of Quiberon Bay during the Seven Years' War. He also took part, as captain of the fifth-rate HMS Venus, in the Battle of Rhode Island and then, as captain of the fifth-rate HMS Flora, in the second relief of Gibraltar during the American Revolutionary War.
Eventually (many years after his retirement from the Navy) Williams-Freeman became Admiral of the Fleet for a brief period before his death at the age of 90.
Williams was born in Peterborough on 6 January 1742, the son of Frederick Williams, prebendary of Peterborough, and his wife Mary Williams (née Clavering). His paternal grandfather was William Peere Williams, while his maternal grandfather was Robert Clavering, bishop of Peterborough, and his maternal grandmother was Mary Freeman, sister of John Cook Freeman of Fawley Court, Buckinghamshire. William Williams was educated at Eton College, and was entered on the books of the 100-gun first-rate HMS Royal Sovereign, the guardship at Spithead, in June 1757. He appears to have first gone to sea in August 1759 aboard the 74-gun ship of the line HMS Magnanime under Lord Howe. Williams saw action aboard her at the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November 1759 during the Seven Years' War.
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