| R. S. Pelpola | |
| Order: | 7th Speaker of the Parliament |
| Term Start: | 5 August 1960 |
| Term End: | 24 January 1964 |
| Primeminister: | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
| Predecessor: | Tikiri Banda Subasinghe |
| Successor: | Hugh Fernando |
| Constituency Mp1: | Gampola |
| Parliament1: | Ceylon |
| Term Start1: | 1948 |
| Term End1: | 1952 |
| Predecessor1: | Senerat Gunewardene |
| Successor1: | M. W. R. de Silva |
| Term Start2: | 1956 |
| Term End2: | 1960 |
| Predecessor2: | M. W. R. de Silva |
| Successor2: | R. R. D. Bandaranayake |
| Constituency Mp3: | Nawalapitiya |
| Parliament3: | Ceylon |
| Term Start3: | 1960 |
| Term End3: | 1965 |
| Predecessor3: | Robert Edward Jayatilaka |
| Successor3: | Chandra Karunaratne |
| Birth Name: | Richard Stanley Pelpola |
| Birth Date: | 21 November 1898 |
| Death Place: | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Occupation: | politician, diplomat |
Richard Stanley Pelpola (21 November 1898 - 19 July 1971) was the Speaker of the Parliament of Ceylon and a member of Parliament in the cabinet of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike.[1] He resigned from his position of speaker in 1964[2] Later in his life he was appointed Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia. Pelpola died in Kuala Lumpur in 1971.[3] He had fourteen children.