Sir William Gawdy, 1st Baronet (24 September 1612 – 18 August 1669) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1669.
William Gawdy was the son of Framlingham Gawdy of West Harling, Norfolk (who had himself been MP for Thetford) and his wife Lettice Knollys daughter of Sir Robert Knollys.
[1] He was educated at Bury St Edmunds and was admitted at Caius College, Cambridge on 30 April 1629 aged 17.
[3] He was created a baronet, of West Harling on 13 July 1663.
Sir John Gawdy was deaf but became a painter of renown.