( - c.1868)
From c.1842 William Stephen Andrews captained mail steamers for the Royal West India Mail Co. During voyages between the West Indies and Southampton he made sketches, published as ‘Illustrations of the West Indies’ (1859). In 1847 he gained a nautical astronomy master’s at the Royal Naval College. Later that year he became Harbour Master at Lowestoft, constructing the new harbour there. In c.1851 he was employed as Managing Director of the North of Europe Steam Navigation Co. In 1856 he leased a shipyard adjoining Lowestoft Harbour. However, in 1861 he and his brother John appeared at Suffolk County Court for misconduct over the shipbuilding business. John was jailed and Andrews entered Bethel Hospital for Lunatics, Norwich, where he died.
