John Radley Walters (20 January 1888 - 27 September 1972) was a British born Ceylonese public servant, who served as the 14th Postmaster General of Ceylon between 1934 and 1940. John Radley Walters, was born in Ilfracombe, Devon on 20 January 1888, the eldest of three children and the only son of Rev. John Walters (1839-1904) and Ann née Sears (1858-1942). He studied at the Sherborne School, Dorset, from 1902 to 1907, before attending the University of Cambridge obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree.