Walter Waring (1876–1930)

Walter Waring JP DL (1876 – 16 November 1930) was a British politician

The son of Charles Waring, Liberal Member of Parliament for Poole, and Eliza, daughter of Sir George Denys Bt., of Draycott, Yorkshire, he was educated at Eton.

He joined the 1st Life Guards in 1897, and served in the Second Boer War 1899-1900 (for which he was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal and six clasps, and was mentioned in despatches). He was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1904. He served in the Yeomanry during World War I in France and Macedonia, 1915–1917, and in the Naval Intelligence Division during 1918 (and was awarded the Legion of Honour).

Waring was unsuccessful Liberal candidate in Wigtonshire in 1906, and sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Banffshire from 1907–1918, and as Coalition Liberal for Blaydon from 1918–1922, and National Liberal for Berwick and Haddington