Admiral Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse KCB (9 July 1893 – 23 September 1978) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

[1] He captained HMS Ajax in the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939.

[1] In October 1940 he became Director of the Local Division at the Admiralty and in April 1942 he assumed command of HMS Howe.

[1] After the War he became Rear-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers and in 1948 he was made Commander-in-Chief, East Indies; he retired in 1950.

[1] In the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate, Woodhouse was played by Ian Hunter.