Sir John Potter (10 April 1815 – 25 October 1858) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.
[1] He was the elder son of Sir Thomas Potter and his second wife, Esther née Bayley.
His father was involved in business and politics in the rapidly developing town of Manchester, and was named as the borough's first mayor when it was granted a charter of incorporation.
He was given his father's aldermanic seat on Manchester Town Council and made a justice of the peace for the borough.
However, he suffered from ill health from the time he entered parliament, and declared his intention to resign his seat.