Ralph Humphrey Etherton (11 February 1904 – 10 December 1987) was a British barrister and Conservative politician.He was the son of Captain Louis Etherton. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar in 1926. Etherton joined the Royal Air Force, rising from the rank of Pilot Officer to Flight Lieutenant. On 15 December 1944, he married Johanne Cloherty in St Mary Undercroft, the crypt chapel of the Palace of Westminster. He met his future wife while she was Charles de Gaulle's diplomatic driver.