Walter Hely-Hutchinson

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Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson GCMG (22 August 1849 - 23 September 1913), son of Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore, was an Anglo-Irish diplomat. He attended the University of Cambridge.

Sir Walter held the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Malta between 1884 and 1889.1 He held the office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Windward Islands between 1889 and 1893. He held the office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Natal and Zululand between 1893 and 1901.

He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.) by University of Edinburgh and was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of St. Michael and St. George He was invested as a Privy Counsellor; thus he was styled The Rt. Hon. He held the office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Cape of Good Hope between 1901 and 1910 and was High Commissioner to South Africa in 1909.