 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hotham akapiwa murairo we64-gun musi wa 14 March 1803 uye akapiwa basa muNorth Sea neEnglish Channel. Akanga achishanda mukudzivirira kwechikepe chokupindapaBoulogne, asi utano hwake hwakaderera paakanga ari mubasa iri, uye akasiya basa rake musi wa 8 Gunyana 1803. Akauya kumahombekombe, uye musi wa 12 June 1804 akaroora Anne Jeynes, hanzvadzi yomudzimai waAdmiral Sir Edward Thornbrough. Musi wa 25 May 1808 akadzokera kunoshanda achitungamirira Sea Fencibles kuLiverpool. Akabata nzvimbo iyi kusvikira 28 February 1810. Musi wa 31 Nyamavhuvhu 1812 akava mutungamiri wechikepe, akagamuchira kukwidziridzwa kune rear-admiral musi wa 4 Zvita 1813, uye akasiya kutungamira kwake musi wa 2 Kubvumbi 1814. Akapihwa kutonga kweimwe kana kuti maviri madoko, asi akaaramba achitarisira kupiwa kutonga pamusoro pemvura. Hapana chinhu chaigona kuwanwa nokuda kwake zvisinei. Akava murume-mu-kumirira padare, gare gare achinyora bhuku remanyoro rakanzi Vanyori, Kunyanya Nyanzvi, uye aive mumwe wekutanga kugadzwa saKnight Commander weOrder of the Bath pakugadziriswazve kwechirongwa musi wa 2 Ndira 1815. Akasimudzirwa kuva mutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto musi wa 19 Chikunguru 1821, uye kuva mukuru wemauto musi wa 10 Ndira 1837. Akava Knight Grand Cross yeOrder yeBhati musi wa 4 Chikunguru 1840. Sir William Hotham akafa paNew Windsor, Berkshire musi wa 31 May 1848 pazera remakore 76. Akavigwa musi wa 7 Chikumi mumhuri yeimba yeBinfield, Berkshire. 