William Henderson (Royal Navy officer)


William Willmott Henderson, CB, KH was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, South East Coast of America Station.

Naval career

Henderson joined the Royal Navy in May 1799. Promoted to captain on 9 October 1815, he became commanding officer of the third-rate in July 1837 and saw action in operations off the coast of Syria in 1840 during the Egyptian–Ottoman War. He went on to be commanding officer in at Portsmouth in September 1841 and Commander-in-Chief, South East Coast of America Station in July 1851. He died at sea in 1854.