William Camden (merchant)

William Camden (c. 1550 - 1623) was an English merchant active in London during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He is primarily known for his connection to the historian and antiquarian William Camden (1551-1623), Headmaster of Westminster School and author of Britannia. The merchant William Camden is believed to have been a relative, possibly a cousin, of the more famous historian.

Records indicate that William Camden the merchant was involved in overseas trade, particularly with regions around the Baltic Sea. He appears in contemporary documents related to customs duties and shipping manifests. While not as extensively documented as his historian namesake, surviving records place him within the bustling commercial life of Elizabethan and Jacobean London.

Further research is needed to fully establish the extent and nature of his mercantile activities and his precise relationship to the historian William Camden. The scarcity of readily available primary source material specifically identifying "William Camden (merchant)" makes constructing a complete biography challenging.