William Fellowes (1706–1775) of Shotesham Park was an English landowner, a founder of Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.

[4] It has been suggested that William Fellowes the elder was at the point using profit from South Sea Company investment to acquire land.

[5] When his father died in 1724, under his will his son William received only investments, the bulk of the estate going to his elder brother Coulson Fellowes.

Bellhouse, Renouf, Raut and Bauer deduce that, probably, their father had engaged de Moivre as a tutor to his sons.

Fellowes laid a foundation stone for the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital in 1771. Notable early medical staff were Edward Rigby and Philip Meadows Martineau.