Admiral Sir William Edmund Goodenough GCB MVO (2 June 1867 – 30 January 1945) was a senior Royal Navy officer of World War I.

[4] He served in World War I and commanded the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron from 1913 to 1916, participating in the battles of Heligoland Bight in August 1914,[3] Dogger Bank in January 1915,[3] and Jutland in May to June 1916.

[3] In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June 1916, Goodenough was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.).

After the War he became Superintendent at Chatham Dockyard[3] and then, from 1920, Commander-in-Chief at the Africa Station.

[3] He was made Vice Admiral commanding the Reserve Fleet in 1923 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1924.