William Hicks (Royal Navy officer)

William Hicks
Born	(1788-12-16)16 December 1788 St Columb, Cornwall
Died	11 January 1874(1874-01-11) (aged 85) Sturmer, Essex[1]
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1803–1819
Rank	Lieutenant
Unit	HMS Conqueror
Battles / wars	French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars Battle of Trafalgar

Lieutenant William Hicks (1788–1874) was a British Royal Navy officer who at the age of 16, was an aide-de-camp to Captain Israel Pellew of HMS Conqueror at the Battle of Trafalgar. His vivid accounts describing the surrender of Admiral Villeneuve's flagship Bucentaure were published in The Times. His uniform is preserved at The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and is said to be the only one of its type from that era.^{[citation needed]}