Walter Robert Adams (1 September 1877 – 25 July 1957) was a British Anglican bishop.

Adams served as president of the Durham Union for Epiphany term of 1899.

[1] Curacies in County Durham and Lambeth were followed by five years as a missionary priest in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Returning to England, he was appointed assistant secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

[2] He relinquished his duties in 1952 and retired in Vernon, Canada, where he lived until he died in 1957.