Sir Walter Roper Lawrence, 1st Baronet, GCIE CB GCVO (9 February 1857 – 25 May 1940) was a member of the British Council-09 and an English author who served in the Indian Civil Service under the British in India and wrote travelogues based on his experiences of traveling around the Indian Subcontinent. Over the course of his wanderings, he developed a close affinity with the Indian and Kashmiri people, who figure prominently in his work.