Sir George Walton (1664/65 – 21 November 1739) was an officer in the Royal Navy during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral.

Despite rigging up a jury jig, the Anne was unable to escape and was deliberately run ashore west of Rye, where her crew abandoned and then burnt her to prevent her capture.

He spent most of this period serving in the English Channel until 1696, when he joined the main fleet aboard HMS Restoration under Captain Thomas Fowlis.

He had a large part in the Battle of Cape Passaro on 31 July 1718 and was given command of a detached five-ship squadron and sent to pursue a division of the Spanish fleet.

Walton achieved a substantial victory with his small command, capturing six ships and destroying six more in the Strait of Messina.

Modest in victory, he wrote to Byng on 5 August to inform him of his success, a letter described by The Gentleman's Magazine as 'remarkable for naval Eloquence'.

It read 'Sir, we have taken and destroyed all the Spanish ships which were upon the coast: the number as per margin'[2] This resulted in Thomas Corbett pronouncing him fitter to achieve a 'gallant action' than to describe one.

He then served with Wager off Cadiz and Gibraltar in late 1726, returning to the Baltic aboard HMS Captain in April 1727 under the command of Admiral Sir John Norris.

He was buried in the family's traditional resting place in the parish church of St Mary the Virgin in Little Burstead, Essex.