Sir William Houston, 1st Baronet

General Sir William Houston, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCH (10 August 1766 – 8 April 1842) was a General in the British Army and the Governor of Gibraltar.

Military career
Houston was commissioned into the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot in 1781. He commanded the 58th Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Minorca in 1798. Later he commanded a Brigade at the Siege of Alexandria. He also commanded the 7th Division during the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro in 1811 and the Battle of Badajoz in 1812. Houston was Governor of Gibraltar from 8 April 1831 to 28 February 1835. He set up the first official free school on Flat Bastion Road in Gibraltar whilst he was governor in 1832.

After a career in the British Army he ultimately became a General in 1837.

On 5 November 1808 he married Lady Jane Maitland, the fourth daughter of James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale. He died at Bromley Hill on 8 April 1842 and was interred in the catacombs at West Norwood Cemetery.