Walter Patrick Shovelton, CB, CMG (18 August 1919 – 20 January 2012) was a British civil servant and subsequently a transport executive.
Shovelton was educated at Charterhouse School and Keble College, Oxford.
[citation needed] In 1970 the Ministry of Technology was absorbed into the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Shovelton was a leading member of the UK negotiating team for entry into the European Economic Community 1970–72.
When the DTI was broken up in 1974 Shovelton was posted to the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection.
[citation needed] Shovelton married Marjorie Manners in 1942; they were divorced in 1967.