- Colonel of the Provincial Militia
- While in command of the colony ships in 1706 William repelled a French and Spanish squadron's attach on Charleston
- In 1718 he captured the gentleman pirate, Stede Bonnet
- Buried across the street from St. Phillips Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC
Robert Barnwell Rhett (1800–1876)
This Rhett isn't really a Rhett - Born Robert Barnwell Smith, he and his brothers changed their last name to Rhett to their capitalize on their famous ancestor William Rhett.
What makes this Rhett notable? He was a:
- Congressman
- U.S. Senator
- South Carolina attorney general
- Secessionist "Fire Eater"
- Co-Owner of Charleston Mercury
- Buried in Magnolia Cemetery
Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr. 1828-1905
- Editor of Charleston Mercury
- Secessionist
- Harvard Graduate
- Managed father's Plantations
- Member of SC Bar
- Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, AL
A.B. (Andrew Burnet) Rhett 1831-1879 - Married to Henrietta Aiken
- A.B. and his wife Henrietta inherited the Aiken-Rhett house from Henrietta's father William Aiken
- A.B's sons I'On Rhett and Andrew Burnet Rhett, Jr continued to live in the Aiken Rhett House after Henrietta and A.B. died.
Dr. Robert Barnwell Rhett 1883-1901
Buried in Magnolia Cemetery
Dr. Robert Barnwell Rhett 1891-1841
- Served as a physician in with the British Military in WWI
- Detained in a German Prison camp
- Buried in St. Phillips - Charleston, SC
Rhett Butler from Charleston
Fictional charter from Gone With the Wind
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