John Richard Walbran

John Richard Walbran FSA (24 December 1817 – 7 April 1869) was a British antiquarian with a strong focus on Yorkshire's history and Cistercian heritage.

From his early years he had a marked taste for historical and antiquarian studies, and all the time that he could spare from his avocation was occupied with archaeological investigations, especially with respect to the ecclesiastical and feudal history of his native county.

His study of the records of Fountains Abbey led him to make a specialty of the history of the whole Cistercian order.

He married, in September 1849, Jane, daughter of Richard Nicholson of Ripon, and left two sons, the elder of whom, Francis Maximillian Walbran of Leeds, is the author of works on angling.

Walbran's minor works include: His manuscripts were after his death purchased by Edward Akroyd of Halifax, and presented by him to York Cathedral Library.