William Henderson (Royal Navy officer)

Rear Admiral William Willmott Henderson, CB, KH (1788–1854) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, South East Coast of America Station.

Naval career
Henderson joined the Royal Navy in May 1799. Promoted to captain on 9 October 1815, he became commanding officer of the third-rate HMS Edinburgh (1811) in July 1837 and saw action in operations off the coast of Syria in 1840 during the Egyptian–Ottoman War. He went on to be commanding officer in HMS Victory at Portsmouth in September 1841 and Commander-in-Chief, South East Coast of America Station in July 1851. He died at sea in 1854.