Sir Peter Courtney (c. 1616 – c. April, 1670) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and in 1660.
Courtney was the son of Edward Courtney of Ladock, Cornwall, and his wife Elizabeth Gorges daughter of Tristram Gorges of Butshead, St Budeaux, Devon.
[1] He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 21 June 1633, aged 16 and was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1636.
[3] He was knighted at York on 28 June 1642[4] after a hazardous ride from Cornwall to tell the King that he had the good affection of the Cornish people.
He had a son William and a daughter Alice who married Humphrey Courtney.