Sir Peter Temple, 2nd Baronet

Sir Peter Temple, 2nd Baronet (15 October 1592 – 12 September 1653) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1653.

He had two daughters by his first wife; the elder, Anne, survived into old age while the younger, Martha, died as a toddler.

Sir Peter's eldest son Richard Temple succeeded to the baronetcy.

[4] Sir Peter was accused by his father of "wasting money in gambling, drinking, and other extravagances".

[7] Eventually, the legal case between father and son was settled in the 1630s by an arbitrator.