Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron (1606 – 4 October 1679) was an English nobleman, Royalist, politician, peer, knight, and supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War.
He fought in the Battle of Edgehill as a "Valiant Colonel", and was knighted in 1642.
He also graduated from Oxford University, in 1642 with a Master of Arts (MA).
He held the office of Governor of Appleby Castle, Westmorland.
Catherine Byron, who married Sir William Stanhope He married Elizabeth Booth, daughter of Sir George Booth, 1st Baronet and Katharine Anderson, after 1651.