William Moultrie was an American planter and politician who became a general in the American Revolutionary War. As colonel leading a state militia, in 1776 he prevented the British from taking Charleston, and Fort Moultrie was named in his honor.
- Occupation
- military officer, politician, Brigadegeneral, governor
- Position held
- Governor of South Carolina, member of the State Senate of South Carolina, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Governor of South Carolina
- Citizenship
- United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- November 23, 1730
