General Walter Douglas Phillips Patton-Bethune (1821–1901) was a British soldier and landowner.
Born in 1821 at Bishops Hull House, Bishop's Hull, Taunton, Somerset, he was the eldest son of Thomas Patton (1792–1876), a Captain in the Royal Navy who became a Somerset landowner, and his wife Matilda Winsloe.
Entering the British Army in 1838, he became an ensign by purchase in the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot.
After further duties in India, he went on half-pay in 1864 but enjoyed further promotions, culminating in 1877 with the rank of full general.
[2] Around 1873, he inherited the mansion and estate of Clayton Priory in Sussex;[3] and in 1882, he received royal permission to add the surname of Bethune after that of Patton.