Person    | Male  Born 28/1/1784  Died 8/4/1862

Rear-Admiral, Sir William Fairbrother Carroll, KCB

Rear-Admiral, Sir William Fairbrother Carroll, KCB

Naval officer.  Born Ireland, Co. Wicklow.  "Royal naval biography; or, Memoirs of ..." has a full biography.  Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital, where he died.

The Greenwich monument has his name spelt "Farebrother" but all other sources have "Fairbrother".

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Rear-Admiral, Sir William Fairbrother Carroll, KCB

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Greenwich Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground

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