Hugh Potter (1596 – 12 February 1662) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1662.
Potter was the son of Tobias Potter of Iddesleigh, Devon and his wife Susan Osborne, daughter of Hugh Osborne of Iddesleigh.
He entered Lincoln's Inn in on 10 June 1615 and was called to the bar in 1622.
He was elected MP Plympton Erle for the Long Parliament in November 1640.
In 1661, Potter was elected MP for Cockermouth in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1662.