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'''William Gordon Rutherford''' (1764-1818) was a [[Royal Navy]] officer who rose to the rank of captain. He served in the American Revolutionary War, the French revolutionary War and Napoleonic wars. He commanded ''[[HMS Swiftsure]]'' at [[Battle of Trafalgar|Trafalgar]].
==Early Life==
Rutherford was born in 1764 in [[North Carolina]]. His father was John Rutherford of Bowland Stow and his mother, Frances, was the widow of Gabriel Johnson the late governor.

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