William Wake (died 1750) was Governor of Bombay for the English East India Company from 26 November 1742 to 17 November 1750.

He married Elizabeth Elwin (d.1759), a daughter of Fountain Elwin of Thurning, Norfolk, where she is buried.

Two mural monuments, one to Wake the other to his wife, survive in St Andrew's Church, Thurning.

[1] He had issue an only daughter:[2] Wake died in 1750 in South Africa during his return voyage to England.

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