Captain William Bolton (died 1817) was a

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in the

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who served during the

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. His first known service was when he passed the Lieutenant's exam in 1789, becoming a

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in October of the following year. He commanded the ''Aurore'' from December 1795 to September 1796 and ''Wolverine'' from February 1799, before his promotion to captain and commander of in early 1800. He took command of ''Aimable'' in September 1803, and ''Fisgard'' from August 1805 to mid-1809, serving in Jamaica and the North Sea and taking part in the

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in 1809. He was appointed a

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on 16 September 1815.

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