Walter Curle (or Curll; 1575 – 1647) was an English bishop, a close supporter of William Laud.

[1] Born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, he was educated at St Albans School and at Christ's College, Cambridge (matriculated c. 1592), transferring to Peterhouse (BA c. 1595; MA in 1598), of which college he later was elected Fellow.

When in 1645 Parliamentary forces under Oliver Cromwell captured Winchester, he went into exile at Soberton.

[4] He was deprived of his See by Parliament on 9 October 1646, as episcopacy was abolished for the duration of the Commonwealth and the Protectorate.

His translation caused the vacancy as Rector of Bemerton that gave the poet George Herbert a living there.