Richard Hutson (July 9, 1748 – April 12, 1795) was a Founding Father of the United States and an American lawyer, judge, politician, and planter from Charleston, South Carolina.

[2] His family moved to Charleston in 1756 when his father was the pastor at the Circular Congregational Church.

[2] In 1778 and 1779 he represented South Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation.

After the British captured Charleston in May 1780, he was held as a prisoner at St. Augustine, Florida until July 1781.

[4] After his time as intendant of Charleston, he was one of the first three chancellors of the Court of Equity of South Carolina.