Sir Walter Charles Frederick Carncross (c. 1855 – 30 June 1940) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party.

[2] He was to become a newspaper proprietor by trade, owning both the Taieri Advocate & Eltham Argus.

[5] He was opposed to women's suffrage and in 1891 deliberately moved an amendment that was intended to make the bill fail in the Legislative Council.

[8] He was elected Chairman of Committees on 6 July 1910 and served in this role until 1 November 1918,[9] when he became Speaker, succeeding the deceased Charles Johnston.

[10] Carncross was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1922 King's Birthday Honours.