Walter Hunter (13 April 1840 - 9 September 1914) was a civil engineer and politician. Born in Bow, he was the son of James Hunter, a civil engineer. Following education at Stepney Grammar School, King's College School and in France, he was articled to the family company of Hunter and English, engineers and millwrights of Bow. He was made a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1877 and became head of the Hunter and English company in 1883. In 1895 he took up a post with the Grand Junction Waterworks Company, and was involved with the construction of the Staines Reservoirs.