Richard Ingleby Jefferson (born 15 August 1941 in Frimley Green, Surrey) was a professional cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club. The son of Brigadier Julian Jefferson, Jefferson was educated at Ludgrove School, Winchester College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He won a blue but left after a year. He went on to play a couple of seasons for Surrey before illness in 1965 curtailed his first-class career. He subsequently played for Norfolk, before taking a Certificate in Education and teaching in a private school. He is the father of the cricketer Will Jefferson.