William Soame (1579–1655) was an English merchant, landowner and politician.
He was High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1633 and a committeeman on one of the Suffolk Committees for Scandalous Ministers.
[1] He was the eldest son of Stephen Soame (c. 1540 – 1619) and his wife, Anne Stone (1555–1622), daughter of William Stone, haberdasher of London.
[2] He was the elder brother of:[2] He married Bridget, daughter and heir of Benedict Barnham, an alderman of London.
Her sister Alice married Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban in 1606.