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]

• Margaret Wake (c.1732-1819), wife of Col. William Tryon (1729-1788), Governor of the Province of North Carolina (1765–1771) and of the Province of New York (1771–1780).

Wake died in 1750 in South Africa during his return voyage to England.