Richard West Nash (1808 – 22 December 1850 in London) was a lawyer, politician and newspaper owner in the early days of the British colony of Western Australia.
He studied law at Trinity College, Dublin, graduating MA in 1932, and was admitted to the Irish Bar.
He practised law in Perth, but was also involved in farming, and was secretary of the Vineyard Society, for whom he compiled A Manual for the Cultivation of the Vine and Olive in Western Australia, published in 1845.
[2] He wrote, as "Viator", occasional pieces for the newspapers and was briefly (1845–1847) owner of The Inquirer.
[4] Nash was appointed acting Advocate General November 1846 – May 1847 in the first, non-representative, parliament.