Sir William Hewett | |
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 Vice Admiral Sir William Hewett | |
| Born | 12 August 1834 Brighton, Sussex |
| Died | 13 May 1888 (aged 53) Portsmouth, Hampshire |
| Buried | Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1847–1888 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands | Channel Fleet Commander-in-Chief, East Indies HMS Achilles Cape of Good Hope Station HMS Devastation HMS Basilisk HMS Rinaldo HMS Viper |
| Battles / wars | Second Anglo-Burmese War Crimean War Mahdist War Abyssinian War |
| Awards | Victoria Cross Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knight of the Legion of Honour (France) Order of the Medjidie, Second Class (Ottoman Empire) Silver Medal of Military Valor (Sardinia) |
Vice-Admiral Sir William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, VC, KCB, KCSI (12 August 1834 – 13 May 1888) was a Royal Navy officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. The Hewett Treaty is named after him.