William Peere Williams-Freeman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Royal Navy Admiral of the fleet
Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1742
Place of Birth: Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 11-Feb-1832
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About William Peere Williams-Freeman
- Admiral of the Fleet William Peere Williams-Freeman (6 January 1742 – 11 February 1832) (born William Peere Williams) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
- He saw action aboard as a junior officer at the Battle of Quiberon Bay during the Seven Years' War.
- He also took part, as captain of the fifth-rate HMS Venus, in the Battle of Rhode Island and then, as captain of the fifth-rate HMS Flora, in the second relief of Gibraltar during the American Revolutionary War. Eventually (many years after his retirement from the Navy) Williams-Freeman became Admiral of the Fleet for a brief period before his death at the age of 90.
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| Date of birth/death | 15 December 1734 (in Julian calendar) | 15 November 1802 | |
| Location of birth/death | Dalton-in-Furness (then in Lancashire) | Kendal (then in Westmorland) | |
| Work location | London, Kendal | ||
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