William Locker

(1731-1800)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Locker, William, 1730 or 31-1800 DNB: Locker, William (1731–1800), naval officer LBT ID: WiLocke1800 VIAF ID: 28230182 LOC ID: nb2006011144	B/BAP: 1731-02 DIED: 1800-12-26
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English naval officer in the Seven Years' War; Horatio Nelson was one of his lieutenants in the 1770s. He was lieutenant-governor of Greenwich Hospital (1793)
REFERENCES TO William Locker: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter VI Found 1: ¶ 5