Richard Wyche (pronounced Whyche) (1554–1621) was a London shipowner, explorer, and merchant.
Richard Wyche, Gentleman and Mercer, married Elizabeth Saltonstall on 18 February 1583/4 at St Dunstan in the East, London[2] She was the daughter of Sir Richard Saltonstall, Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of London.
Elizabeth's first cousin was another Sir Richard Saltonstall, who in 1630 established a settlement in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Another son was Sir Peter Wyche, Ambassador to Constantinople (Ottoman Empire), who married Jane Meredith.
His daughter Jane Wyche Granville was Countess of Bath and Lady of the Bedchamber to Henrietta Maria of France, Queen Consort of King Charles I of England.