Dame Leslie Violet Lucy Evelyn Whateley, DBE, TD (née Wood; first married name Balfour; 28 January 1899 – 4 July 1987) was a Director of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) during the Second World War.

[1] She was born on 28 January 1899, the daughter of Col. Evelyn FitzGerald Michell Wood and Lilian (née Hutton).

[2][3] Whateley joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1938 and became a junior officer following training at Chelsea Barracks.

[4] She married, firstly, to William John Balfour, on 8 July 1922.

She married, secondly, to S/Ldr Harry Raymond Whateley, on 21 September 1939.