William Robert Broughton

Military Person

1762 – 1821

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Who was William Robert Broughton?

William Robert Broughton was a British naval officer in the late 18th century. As a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, he commanded HMS Chatham as part of the Vancouver Expedition, a voyage of exploration through the Pacific Ocean led by Captain George Vancouver in the early 1790s.

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Born
1762
Gloucestershire
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Died
Mar 14, 1821
Florence

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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