Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson GCMG (22 August 1849 – 23 September 1913) was an Anglo-Irish diplomat and colonial administrator.
He was the son of Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore, He attended the University of Cambridge.
Sir Walter held the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Malta between 1884 and 1889. He held the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Windward Islands between 1889 and 1893. He held the office of Governor 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 the University of Edinburgh and was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George He was invested as a Privy Counsellor; thus he was styled The Rt. Hon.
He was the last Governor of the Cape Colony between 1901 and 1910 and was High Commissioner to South Africa in 1909 during the absence of Lord Selborne.