Sir Richard Everard Augustine Elwes, OBE, TD (28 May 1901 – 4 September 1968) was an English barrister and High Court judge.

Several of his siblings achieved distinction: among his brothers were a monsignor and Simon Elwes, a prominent painter.

[1] He was junior to Norman Birkett in several high-profile criminal prosecutions, including those of Alfred Rouse and of Frederick Nodder.

Dissatisfied with home duties, he arranged to join the 69th Infantry Brigade as a staff captain and sent to France, and was evacuated to Britain with the British Expeditionary Force in 1940.

[1][2] After the war, he returned to the bar, becoming Recorder of Northampton in 1946, a King's Counsel in 1950, and was chairman of quarter sessions of Rutland from 1946–54, of Derbyshire from 1954–58, and of Bedfordshire from 1957–58.