William Graham (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir William Graham, GCB (10 September 1826 – 31 May 1907) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy.

Admiral Sir William Graham GCB
Born	10 September 1826
Died	31 May 1907 (1907-06-01) (aged 80) Bath, Somerset
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands	Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Battles / wars	Crimean War Second Opium War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Naval career

Graham was appointed a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1849^[1] and served in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War in 1855 and at the capture of Canton during the Second Opium War in 1857.^[2] Promoted to captain in 1863, he was given command of HMS Danae, HMS Immortalité, HMS Resistance, HMS Black Prince and then HMS Aurora.^[1] He was appointed Captain of the training school HMS Britannia in 1875, Admiral-Superintendent of Malta Dockyard in 1882 and Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1886.^[1] His last appointment was as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1888.^[3]

Memorial in St Andrew's Church, Ham

He died at 13 Pulteney Street in Bath in 1907.^[4]