Thomas Williams (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Thomas Williams
Born	c. 1761/62
Died	8 October 1841 Burwood House, Weybridge, Surrey
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1768 to 1814
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	Nore Command Portsmouth Command
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War • Battle of Sullivan's Island • Battle of St. Lucia • Battle of Grenada • Battle of Cape Henry French Revolutionary War • Action of 8 June 1796 Napoleonic Wars
Awards	Knight Bachelor, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Thomas Williams GCB (c. 1761/62 – 8 October 1841) was a senior British Royal Navy officer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, who served in numerous theatres during the American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. As a young officer he fought at a number of battles in the Caribbean and as a frigate captain he was knighted for his actions at the action of 8 June 1796 in which two French frigates were captured without a single man killed or wounded on Williams' ship HMS Unicorn. Later in his career, Williams commanded squadrons blockading the European coast and assisting the supply of the British Army during the Peninsula War.