Richard Taylor Vale (30 August 1836 – 18 June 1916) was an Australian bookseller and politician.
Born in London to John Vale and Elizabeth Taylor, he attended Cowper Street School before working as a wholesale stationer.
In March 1853 he arrived in Victoria and briefly mined for gold at Castlemaine before opening a bookshop.
In 1886, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Ballarat West, serving until 1889 and again from 1892 to 1902.
[1] Vale for a while owned the historic property Eyres House, Soldiers Hill, Ballarat.