Edward Richard Littleton, 2nd Baron Hatherton CB (31 December 1815 – 2 April 1888) was a British peer and Liberal Member of Parliament from the extended Littleton/Lyttelton family. Hatherton was the son of Edward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton, and Hyacinthe Mary Wellesley, eldest illegitimate daughter of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley. He was educated at Eton College. He was also colonel of the King's Own (2nd Staffordshire) Light Infantry Militia. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1881 Birthday Honours.