Sir William Wake, 8th Baronet (1742–1785), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1784.
[1] He married Mary Fenton, daughter of Richard Fenton of Banktop, Yorkshire on 6 June 1765 and succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 25 September 1765.
He was described as "a very independent Member" with "a small mixture of tenaciousness, or perhaps obstinacy, in his disposition".
He decided not to stand again in 1784 but was active in the election at Bedford.
They married in 1790 and had one son, Charles, but Mary died in childbirth.