Lieutenant Admiral Sir William Woodhouse (by 1517 – 22 November 1564) was an English naval commander and administrator who rose to the rank of Lieutenant of the Admiralty and was head of the Council of the Marine later called the Navy Board.

He was prominent during an important time of the Navy Royal's development in the later half of the Tudor period.

Woodhouse was a naval commander and administrator who served under Henry VIII of England.

In November 1543 he took charge of 10 ships stationed at Portsmouth with the intention of attacking French fishing waters.

In April 1546 he was appointed a member of the Council of the Marine and made Master of Naval Ordnance from 1546 to 1552.

Elizabeth was the widow of Sir Henry Parker, knight, the son and heir of Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley,[6] first cousin of Sir William's son-in-law Rafe Shelton, the husband of his daughter Mary.