Walter Francis Short (1832–1910) was an English academic, schoolmaster, clergyman and rower.
[2] He was bowman in the winning Oxford University eight in the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1852,[3] and was runner-up in Silver Goblets paired with Martin Irving against Philip Nind and Henry Raine Barker in the final.
In 1854 he was in the winning Oxford crew in the Boat Race and at Henley he won Silver Goblets paired with Edward Cadogan.
[2] In 1879 he became chaplain of Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and in 1875 became warden of St Paul's College, Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire until 1878.
He was tutor of Keble College, Oxford, from 1881 until 1882[5] when he became rector of Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire, in 1882 until 1901.