Ralph Bourchier

Sir Ralph Bourchier (c. 1531 – 11 June 1598) was an English landowner, administrator and politician.

He was the son of James Bourchier of Haughton and Mary, heiress of her brother John Bannister.

In 1556 he inherited estates in Yorkshire from his uncle, John Bannister, on which he built Beningbrough Hall (since rebuilt in 1716).

He was subsequently returned for Newport, Isle of Wight in 1584, and Scarborough in 1586, and as knight of the shire for Yorkshire.

His estate went to his grandson Robert, as his son William was declared insane.