Richard Durnford (3 November 1802 – 14 October 1895) was the Bishop of Chichester from 1870 to 1895. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire, into an ecclesiastical family (his father was also named Richard Dunford). He was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, and ordained in 1831. Durnford took a position as tutor to , for which he was recommended by Stephen Lushington. With a presentation from Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield, he was then from 1835 rector of Middleton, Lancashire. He became its rural dean.