William Fytche (1716 – 10 August 1753)[1] was an administrator of the English East India Company.

[2] He was one of the last administrators before the Battle of Plassey allowed the company to firmly establish its rule in India.

[6] Fytche married Lucia Beard on 25 February 1744 at Fort St George, Madras, where he was before being sent to Bengal.

[7] Their daughter Elizabeth was heir also to Fytche's brother Thomas, of Danbury Place, Essex; she married in 1775 Lewis Disney, who then changed his name to Lewis Disney Fytche.

After Fytche's death Lucia married William McGuire, having a son and a daughter with him.