Peter Stafford Hayden Lawrence (9 February 1913 – 18 March 2005) was a master at Eton College and The Doon School, India and an author.
He was educated at Eton, where his godfather, Cyril Alington, had recently been appointed head master, and at Christ Church, Oxford, his father's college, where he read science and mathematics.
After university he taught for a while at The Doon School in India before returning to become a full-time assistant master at Eton.
He was eventually rewarded with the Order of the White Elephant, First Class, for his work with the Nepalese Crown Prince.
He was mentioned in dispatches following night patrols in the English Channel before D-Day and was demobilised as a Lieutenant Commander (Special Branch).