William Charles Chamberlain

Rear-Admiral William Charles Chamberlain (21 April 1818 – 27 February 1878) was a rear admiral in the Royal Navy.

Family He was the eldest son of the diplomat Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet, by his second wife Anne Eugenia née Morgan.

Royal Navy service Chamberlain was promoted to lieutenant in November 1840 and to commander on 22 October 1844. He commanded on the west coast of Africa in 1847, on the south-east coast of America in 1851–2 and in 1855. He was promoted to captain on 21 February 1856, commanding and , both in the Mediterranean, in the early 1860s. He was the commanding officer of , the flagship of the Admiral-Superintendent at Portsmouth, and with this appointment came the role of captain of the Steam Reserve. He was the Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard from 1868 to 1874, and was promoted to the rank of rear admiral on 19 January 1874.

Death Chamberlain died on 27 February 1878.