William Brough (died 1671) was an English royalist churchman, Dean of Gloucester from 1643.
[2] Brough was a supporter of William Laud and his Arminian views, was made chaplain to the king, and was installed canon of Windsor, 1 February 1639.
At the beginning of the First English Civil War, he was removed from his benefice by the parliamentary commission, and lost his home and possessions.
On 16 August 1643 he was nominated dean of Gloucester, but was not installed till 20 November 1644.
He was the author of The Holy Feasts and Fasts of the Church, with Meditations and Prayers proper for Sacraments and other occasions leading to Christian life and death, London 1657; and of Sacred Principles, Services, and Soliloquies; or a Manual of Devotion, 1659, 1671.