For other uses, see William Hewett (disambiguation).
Sir William Hewett
Vice Admiral Sir William Hewett
Born
(1834-08-12)12 August 1834 Brighton, Sussex
Died
13 May 1888(1888-05-13) (aged 53) Portsmouth, Hampshire
Buried
Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1847–1888
Rank
Vice Admiral
Commands held
Channel Fleet Commander-in-Chief, East Indies HMS Achilles Cape of Good Hope Station HMS Devastation HMS Basilisk HMS Rinaldo HMS Viper
Battles/wars
Second Anglo-Burmese War Crimean War Mahdist War Abyssinian War
Awards
Victoria Cross Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knight of the Legion of Honour (France) Order of the Medjidie, Second Class (Ottoman Empire) Silver Medal of Military Valor (Sardinia)
Vice-Admiral Sir William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, VC, KCB, KCSI (12 August 1834 – 13 May 1888) was a Royal Navy officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. The Hewett Treaty is named after him.
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