Sir Ralph Windham (25 March 1905 – 6 July 1980) was a British lawyer who held various positions in the Colonial Legal Service.

He continued his studies at Trinity, and in 1930 graduated with a Master of Arts and won the Buchanan Prize for Students for Lincolns Inn.

High Commissioner Sir Alan Cunningham told Jewish leaders that if Windham and another hostage were not quickly freed he would impose martial law on parts of the country.

[5] Later that day an application for leave to appeal Dov Gruner's sentence to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was granted.

In the parliamentary debate the next day Mr. Winston Churchill demanded assurance that Gruner's death sentence had not been respited on account of the hostages taken by the Jewish terrorists.

[10] On 10 April 1951, Ralph Windham, puisne judge, was appointed to exercise jurisdiction in divorce cases in Kenya.

[16] Dick Eberlie, his ADC at this time, described him as "a quiet and gentle man", committed to maintaining the rule of law.