William Bolton (Royal Navy officer, died 1830)

Not to be confused with William Bolton (Royal Navy officer, died 1817).

Memorial window at St Mary Burnham Westgate.

Captain Sir William Bolton (1777 – 16 December 1830) was a post-captain in the Royal Navy who served under Nelson during the French Revolutionary Wars and was married to Dame Catherine Bolton, Nelson's niece.[1][2] He also served in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812.

  1. ^ Marshall, John (1823). "Sir William Bolton, Knt" . Royal Naval Biography. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. pp. 936–937 – via Wikisource.
  2. ^ "Captain Sir William Bolton". Geni.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.