Richard Potenger, of Reading and Compton, Berkshire, (c.1690–1739) was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1739.
He was admitted at Inner Temple in 1704 and matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford on 20 October 1705, aged 15.
[2] Potenger was appointed Recorder of Reading in 1720 and he held the role for the rest of his life.
At the 1727 British general election, he was returned after a contest as Member of Parliament for Reading.
In 1735 he was appointed 2nd Justice of Chester, and was returned again for Reading without a contest at the ensuing by-election.