Lieutenant-General Sir William Howley Goodenough KCB (4 April 1833 – 24 October 1898) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding North-West District.

[2] He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 April 1851, to captain on 1 January 1856 and to major on 20 July 1858.

[3] He fought and was wounded at the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion.

[4] He went on to be Inspector-General of Royal Artillery in August 1886, General Officer Commanding North-West District in July 1889 and General Officer Commanding, Chatham District in April 1890.

[5] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope in December 1894, in which capacity he briefly acted as Governor of Cape Colony in 1897, before retiring in October 1898.