About William Bolton
William Bolton was a military personnel.
Captain William Bolton (died 1817) was a captain in the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Biography His first known service was when he passed the Lieutenant's exam in 1789, becoming a Lieutenant in October of the following year. He commanded the Aurore from December 1795 to September 1796 and Wolverine from February 1799, He took command of Aimable in September 1803, and Fisgard from August 1805 to mid-1809, serving in Jamaica and the North Sea and taking part in the Walcheren Campaign in 1809.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 16 September 1815.
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