Walter John Stanton (24 March 1828[1] – 2 August 1913[2]) was an English civil engineer, woollen manufacturer and a Liberal Party politician.
[4] He was educated at Westminster School and originally became a civil engineer, studying under Joseph Locke.
[1] At the 1885 general election, the two-seat parliamentary borough of Stroud was abolished, and the town became part of a larger single-seat division of Gloucestershire.
Stroud's other Liberal MP, Henry Brand, was chosen to contest the new seat, and narrowly won it.
Brand stood unsuccessfully in Cardiff Boroughs,[9] and in Stroud Stanton was beaten by the Conservative candidate George Holloway.