Richard Berenger (died 1782) was an English courtier and writer, Gentleman of the Horse to George III of Great Britain.
His father was Moses Berenger, a rich London merchant; his mother was Penelope, youngest sister of Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham.
He outlived his means, and for some years had confine himself to his official residence in the King's Mews, then a privileged place against the demands of bailiffs.
[1] Samuel Johnson once styled Berenger the "standard of true elegance"; but a more general feelings was that he resembled too closely the gentleman of William Congreve's comedies.
271–6); and three essays, with a short poem on the Birthday of Shakespeare, were contributed by him to the periodical called The World, which was included in editions of the "British Essayists".