Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse
Captain C H L Woodhouse aboard HMS Howe in January 1943
Born	9 July 1893 East Retford district, Nottinghamshire
Died	23 September 1978 (1978-09-24) (aged 85) Warlingham, Surrey
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1906–1952
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Ajax HMS Howe Rear-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers Commander-in-Chief, East Indies
Battles/wars	Battle of the River Plate (1939)
Awards	KCB; Commander, Order of Merit (Chile); Silver Medal of Concepcion

Admiral Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse KCB (9 July 1893 – 23 September 1978) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Naval career

Woodhouse joined the Royal Navy in 1906.^[1] He served in World War I and specialized in gunnery.^[1] In 1935 he was appointed Assistant Director of Naval Equipment at the Admiralty.^[1]

He captained HMS Ajax in the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939.^[1] In October 1940 he became Director of the Local Division at the Admiralty and in April 1942 he assumed command of HMS Howe.^[1] In March 1944 he went on to be Director of Naval Ordnance at the Admiralty.^[1]

After the War he became Rear-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers and in 1948 he was made Commander-in-Chief, East Indies; he retired in 1950.^[1]

In popular culture

In the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate, Woodhouse was played by Ian Hunter.