Byron's valet, the son of a Newstead tenant; he continued in service to the end of the poet's life, after which he was pensioned by the family. He married Anne Rood, formerly maid to Augusta Leigh, and was living in London in 1831.

CORRESPONDENCE OF William Fletcher:

William Fletcher to John Murray, 21 April 1824 in “Lord Byron and Mr. Murray” in The Courier (5 November 1824)

William Fletcher to Dr. James Kennedy, 18 May 1824 in The Life of Lord Byron (London: Henry Colburn, 1830)

William Fletcher to James Kennedy, 19 May 1824 in Conversations on Religion, with Lord Byron and others, held in Cephalonia, a short time previous to His Lordship’s Death (London: John Murray, 1830)