William Faulknor
William Faulknor (d. 25 February 1725) first appears as fourth lieutenant of the Royal William in 1695. On 17 March 1707, he was promoted to the rank of captain, and given command of the 80-gun ship of the line Torbay. He afterwards commanded a frigate, and in 1715 was appointed to command of the 80-gun Cumberland, flagship of Admiral Sir John Norris, commander of the Baltic fleet. In 1720 he commanded the 90-gun ship Sandwich. In 1722 he was, for a short time, Master Attendant of Woolwich Dockyard, then served as Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital until his death on 25 February 1725 (N.S.)
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