Richard Stuttaford (13 June 1870 – 19 October 1945) was a South African businessman and parliamentarian.

He was the chairman of the Association of Chambers of Commerce of South Africa from 1921 until 1923.

Stuttaford was not initially interested in public affairs, but at the age of 54, he was elected to the Union Assembly as the representative from Newlands, against the Constitutional Democrat, C.A.

In 1929 he was elected unopposed from the same constituency and in 1933 he was again re-elected unopposed, but this time as South African Party coalition candidate from Claremont after Newlands was dissolved because of redemarcation.

His knowledge of commerce was useful in the Union Assembly, and Jan Smuts invited him to participate in negotiations with British commercial authorities in Ottawa.