Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Denis Kelly KCB (9 March 1815 – 1897) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Eastern District.

Kelly was commissioned into the 49th (Royal Berkshire) Regiment of Foot in 1834.

He became commanding officer of 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot and, in that capacity, was wounded and taken prisoner at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War.

[2] He went on to be General Officer Commanding Cork District in April 1874 and General Officer Commanding Eastern District in April 1877.

[5] He was buried at St Peter's Churchyard in Earley, Berkshire.