Percy William Bunting (1 February 1836 – 22 July 1911) was an English barrister, editor and social reformer.

His work as a social reformer encompassed a leading role in the National Vigilance Association, addressing juvenile prostitution.

The children, whose paternal grandfather was the prominent Wesleyan Methodist leader Jabez Bunting, were raised in a devout household.

In 1859 Bunting was classed as the twentieth 'wrangler', denoting a ranking of those who gained first-class honours in the Mathematical Tripos competition.

He encouraged writers in the fields of contemporary theology, science, art, literature and politics and enlisted foreign correspondents.

From 1885 until his death Bunting was the chairman of the executive committee of the National Vigilance Association, established in August 1885 in response to articles by W. T. Stead exposing juvenile prostitution in London, published in the Pall Mall Gazette.

[4] The Free Church movement had been initiated in 1891 at a dinner party at Bunting's house in Euston Square in London.

[13][5] In the general election of July 1892 Bunting stood unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate for the electorate of Islington East.

[3] Sir Percy Bunting died on 22 July 1911 at his home in London, at 11 Endsleigh Gardens in Bloomsbury, aged 75.

[1] Articles by Bunting published in The Contemporary Review include: 'Reminiscences of Cardinal Manning' (1892), 'Nonconformists and the Education Bill' (1902), 'The White Slave Trade' (1902), 'The Journalistic Tour in Germany' (1907), 'Convocation and the Bishop of Hereford' (1911).