Person

William Robert Broughton

British naval officer

b. 1762 CE – d. 1821 CE World Northern Oceania

William Robert Broughton (March 22, 1762 – March 14, 1821) is a British naval officer in the late eighteenth century.

As a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, he commands HMS Chatham as part of the Vancouver Expedition, a voyage of exploration through the Pacific Ocean led by Captain George Vancouver in the early 1790s.