Richard Powle (17 July 1628 - 12 July 1678) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1678.
Richard was born at Shottesbrooke in Berkshire in 1628, the eldest son of Henry Powle, who was Sheriff for Berkshire in 1633, by his wife Katherine, daughter of Matthew Herbert of Monmouth in Monmouthshire. His brother Henry Powle was Speaker of the House of Commons of England from January 1689 to February 1689. He inherited Shottesbrooke Park from his father in 1646.
In 1660, Powle was elected Member of Parliament for Berkshire in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1678[1] He was knighted in 1661.
Powle died on 12 July 1678, at the age of 49, and was buried in Shottesbrooke Church.